Quotes About Obedience

Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.

Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.

And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.

Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,

“I am Abrahamís servant,” he replied.

Then I asked my master, ëWhat if the woman will not come back with me?í

She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ëDrink, and I will water your camels as well.í So I drank, and she also watered the camels.

Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my masterís brother for his son.

Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.

Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your masterís son, just as the LORD has decreed.”

When Abrahamís servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.

Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”

But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”

They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.

Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

Then the servant told Isaac all that he had done.

Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.

The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

So Isaac settled in Gerar.

Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.

His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”

So Jacob went to his father and said, “My father.” “Here I am!” he answered. “Which one are you, my son?”