There are at least 10 Eliezers mentioned in the Scriptures that I am aware of and that is why Moses has chosen to label Abraham’s, ‘Eliezer of Damascus.’ Moses had a son named Eliezer, Ex. 18:4; Benjamin had a grandson named Eliezer, I Chron. 7:8; There was a priest that helped bring the Ark back to Jerusalem named Eliezer, I Chron. 15:24; A prophet named Eliezer rebuked Jehoshaphat, II Chron. 20:37; In Ezra 8 & 10 you have a chieftain, a priest, a Levite and a son of Hiram all named Eliezer; In Luke 3:29 you have an ancestor of Joseph, Mary’s husband named Eliezer.

Genesis 24 is so beautiful in so many ways, you could spend a lifetime bisecting it, trisecting it, dissecting it and never really plumb its depths. Verse 27 seems to be the center fold of the chapter when Rebekah literally runs off to her mother’s house with the news and the rings and Eliezer falls on his face, prostrate and cries out to the God of his master Abraham, “Blessed be the LORD God (JeHoVaH Elohim) of my master Abraham, who has not left destitute my master of His mercy and truth: I being in the way the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.” Now the key here to answered prayer, and you need to note it is, ‘OBEDIENCE!’ Question, Are you in the way or are you in the way? Think about that! Availability is important and much more important than Ability many times! “Being in the way the LORD led me!” He praised the LORD for His guidance and direction. This is simply the case today, many Christians are, ‘in the way of the Lord’ even in their prayer lives and service. Preventing His work, His will, and His servants because of their opinions, their desires and their likes and dislikes. We need to be, ‘in the way with the Lord’ in the center of His will, obedient to the Master, and His leaders who are obedient to Him.

Eliezer was blessed due to his obedience, which is always better than sacrifice, I Sam. 15:22. Isn’t that the main lesson God wants us to learn here on earth, ‘Trust and Obey, for there is no other way.” In v. 42-44, Eliezer repeats his prayer to God for Rebekah and her family; in v.45 he tells us this prayer was in his heart; In v.48 he repeats his praise to God for directing him to Rebekah; ‘Principle for Prayer’ God won’t lead His children astray, and He leads us in the way of truth; Remember v.27 where the servant praised God for His mercy and truth, now here we see where God leads us in the way of truth. It reminds us of John 14:6 where Yeshua/Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life…” In v.52 the servant immediately worships the LORD in response to their answer to his question, but really in answer to his and Abraham’s prayers. Instantly, immediately, publicly, he prostrated himself, holding nothing back, no reservations, he was trained well by Abraham. Then Laban her brother and Bethuel her father said, “This thing proceedeth from the LORD;” Did they know the LORD? Remember, Abraham’s father Terah, left Ur of the Chaldeans in Gen. 11:31 to go to the land of Canaan with his family but died in Haran making Abraham the patriarch.

First they try to hinder Eliezer’s departure, for ten days and he says in v.56, “Hinder me not, seeing the LORD has prospered my way;” Eliezer is on a mission and nothing can turn him to the right or to the left. So they ask Rebekah if she will go with this man and she says, “I will go!” Then they ‘Bless’ Rebekah in v.60, and give her a nurse Deborah, Gen. 35:8, “Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them.” ‘WOW!’ What a blessing they give to Rebekah! “May your descendants possess the gates of those who hate them.” That is still true today! What a chapter, this servant exercised faith, the faith of his Master, Galatians 2:20; He had a correct view of God’s character, mercy and truth; He had a specific answer to a specific prayer, to indicate God’s specific presence; His prayer was simple, specific, direct, intercessory and child like and that is the kind God answers. The obedience of a servant and the faith of a friend of God, Wow! What a combination, it can’t be beaten, together they are unbeatable.

“I being in the way, the LORD led me…who had led me in the path of truth and mercy.” Yeshua/Jesus said in John 14:6, “I am The Way, The Truth and The Life, no man comes to the Father but by Me.” In Matthew 4:19 He said, “Follow Me!” Will we be obedient servants like Eliezer, God’s-Helper and follow our Master in prayer, in service, in life, in suffering, and in death? What a chapter, you could spend years plumbing its depths and never reach its ocean floor. We are not done yet, Isaac is in the field, in the evening, meditating on someone, his Master. He is in the way of ‘Beer-La-hai-roi’ (The well of the One Who lives and sees me) and he is communing in his heart with the LORD. However, he is also praying and interceding for himself and for his bride to be, he is aware of Eliezer’s mission, he is also interceding for comfort concerning his mother’s death, v.67. Rebekah asked Eliezer who was in the field and he said it was his master’s son and she veiled herself and got off her camel and Eliezer told Isaac the whole story and he took Rebekah in his mother’s tent and she became his wife and he loved her and Isaac was finally comforted after Sarah’s death. Eliezer’s mission is complete and he moves off the scene, his job was to exalt the son, to lift up the master’s son, to find a bride for the son and deliver her as a chaste virgin at eventide, the new day. C.I. Scofield points out that this chapter is highly typical of a king who would make a marriage for his son, Matt. 22:2; the servant is a type of the Holy Spirit who ‘does not speak of Himself’ but takes the things of the Bridegroom to win over the bride, John 16:13-14; This servant is also a type of the Spirit enriching the bride with the Bridegroom’s gifts, I Cor. 12:7-11; Gal. 5:22-23; He then brings the bride safely to a meeting with the Bridegroom, Acts 13:4; 16:6-7; Rom. 8:11; I Thess. 4:14-17; Rebekah is a type of the Church, “the called out” virgin bride of Christ, Gen. 24:16; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 5:25-32; Isaac is a type of the Bridegroom “whom having not seen” the bride loves her through the testimony of this Servant, I Pet. 1:8; Isaac is also a type of the Bridegroom who goes out to meet and receive His bride in the evening, Gen. 24:63; I Thess. 4:14-17. There is so much doctrine, so much theology, so much eschatology and so much typology in this chapter that you could write a book on it, let alone a devotional thought!       “Between The Lines”

“Oh, LORD may we be obedient like Eliezer, Your helper and be found faithful, ‘walking in Your way.’ Quick to pray and continuously praising You, trusting You, obeying You, and serving You! LORD, help us to learn from Eliezer’s, life that if we walk in Your ways, You will lead us and guide us and we will be successful in Your eyes and that’s all that really matters, in this life, on this journey, for Your glory anyway.” Baruch ha shem!

“Portraits of Prayer in Genesis” ‘Eliezer – God’s Helper-2’