Rebekah

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by Orson Scott Card

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Born into a time and place where a woman speaks her mind at her own peril, and reared as a motherless child by a doting father, Rebekah grew up to be a stunning headstrong beauty. She was chosen by God for a special duty. For Rebekah must leave her fathers house to marry Isaac, the studious young son of the Patriarch Abraham. Her struggles to find her place in the family of Abraham are a true test of her faith, but through it all she finds her own relationship with God and does her best to serve His cause in the lives of those she loves. In Rebekah, Orson Scott Card has created an astonishing personality, complex and intriguing, and her story will engage your heart as it captures your imagination.

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Great insight of Old Testament Women

Denise, MD - November 11, 2009

I enjoyed much reading about Rebekah's personality in the beginning of the book. The culture and life of Rebekah as a young woman.
I didn't like much how Jacob reacted towards Rebekah when they first met because I don't think he would be so sure of himself and so elaborated in words after waiting 40 years to get married. I think that there was mystery, a time for them just to gaze eye to eye and study each other. a time for them to mumble a few nervous words. In the book they saw each other and were so natural and got married right away - I don't think it was that way. I didn't like how much she anticipated getting married and how fast-same day-it happened.
I think that it lacked some originality toward that time and culture in the dialogue between Abraham and Rebekah and I Isaac. I believe the dialogs had a lot of taste of our present time and American culture. But I really enjoyed the first part of the book and it sure instigated in my soul in search of all the…