It would appear that Rebekah was Bethuel’s firstborn (Genesis 22:23), yet the rights of the firstborn would go to her younger brother, Laban, due to her being a female in a patriarchal culture. We don’t know for certain, of course, but this may have caused Rebekah to have a reflective nature. Moreover, this may be the underlying reason behind her readiness to honor Abraham’s servant’s desire to leave Haran immediately, over her family’s wishes to have her remain in Haran for period of time (Genesis 24:58). The reason for such a delay may have been both to prepare Rebekah to be a bride and to bid her family a fond farewell. However, Leban appears to be an overbearing man, whose presence may have been difficult to take (cp. Genesis 31:14-15) from where Rebekah stood, even in a patriarchal culture.
If this is logical and true, then it seems to be a fitting thing to have Rebekah marry Isaac, who also seems to have a passive, reflective nature. He seems to enjoy times spent alone meditating (Genesis 24:63). One might wonder, mediating upon what? Perhaps, his thoughts turned to his miraculous birth, or to the promises the Lord made to Abraham, which must be fulfilled through him—something pondered by many, but never really understood, until the times of Christ and the Gospel (1Peter 1:10-12), and how could any of the promises be fulfilled, had he been sacrificed as a burnt offering, years ago (Genesis 22:10-13)? Perhaps, presently, Isaac was meditating upon his father’s desire to have him marry a woman from his family in Haran, and, if this is true, while he yet thought upon this matter, there she was before his eyes, and he walked toward the caravan to meet her!
Sarah, Isaac’s mother, died in Hebron, and it seems that Abraham had returned to the Plain of Mamre to dwell there in the land of Canaan, because the text makes a point to say that Isaac dwelt in the south country (Genesis 24:62). Why would the text say so, unless Abraham dwelt elsewhere? The text says Isaac came from the “way of the well Lahairoi,” which is Beer-Lahairoi, so named, because the Lord appeared to Hagar, when she ran to escape mistreatment from Sarah, and was told by the Angel of the Lord to return to her mistress (Genesis 16:14).
We are told that Isaac went out into the field about dusk, specifically to meditate (Genesis 24:63), which seems to identify him, as a man having a thoughtful nature. While he was meditating, he saw Abraham’s camels coming, and he walked toward them to meet his bride. Sensing that the man walking toward them in the field was her espoused husband, Rebekah got off her camel and asked Abraham’s servant of the man’s identity. Learning that it was, indeed, Isaac, she took her veil and covered her face (Genesis 24:64-65). Moreover, at that time Isaac was informed by the servant of all that had transpired (Genesis 24:66).
We are not informed about a marriage ceremony, nor of any discussion Isaac may have had with Rebekah, during the introductions at the site of their meeting. Nor are we told of what occurred when Abraham, no doubt, came to meet his daughter-in-law. What we are told is that Isaac loved Rebekah, and he took her as his wife and brought her into “his mother’s tent” (Genesis 24:67). The Hebrew for his mother’s tent is very obscure, and it probably means Isaac brought Rebekah to the woman’s quarters, where she would occupy the chief tent (cp. Genesis 31:33). Thus, Isaac was comforted, vis-à-vis at peace, after his mother’s death. In other words, Sarah had died three years prior to Isaac’s marriage with Rebekah. During that time, as was his nature, no doubt he often reflected upon fulfilling his part in the promises made by the Lord. Now, that he was married, that concern was put at rest.
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