Allah Menyediakan Istri untuk Ishak

Kejadian 24:1-25:26

God Provides for Isaac

Kejadian 24:1-25:26

1. Ketika Abraham sudah sangat tua dan Ishak sudah dewasa, Abraham mengutus salah seorang pembantunya kembali ke tanah di mana keluarganya tinggal untuk menemukan seorang istri bagi anaknya, Ishak.

1. When Abraham was very old, his son, Isaac, had grown to be a man. So Abraham sent one of his servants back to the land where his relatives lived to bring back a wife for his son, Isaac.

Pertanyaan 1: Mengapa Abraham mengutus hambanya untuk kembali ke negeri keluarga Abraham?

Jawaban 1: Untuk membawakan seorang istri bagi anaknya, Ishak. [06-01]

Question 1: Why did Abraham send his servant back to the land of Abraham's relatives?

Answer 1: To bring back a wife for his son, Isaac. [06-01]

2. Setelah perjalanan yang sangat panjang, Allah menuntun pembantu itu kepada Ribka, yang merupakan cucu dari saudara Abraham.

2. After a very long journey to the land where Abraham’s relatives lived, God led the servant to Rebekah. She was the granddaughter of Abraham’s brother.

Pertanyaan 2: Bagaimana hambanya menemukan Ribka?
Pertanyaan 3: Bagaimana Ribka terhubung dengan Abraham?

Jawaban 2: Allah menuntun dia kepadanya. [06-02]
Jawaban 3: Ribka adalah cucu dari saudara Abraham. [06-02]

Question 2: How did the servant find Rebekah?
Question 3: How was Rebekah related to Abraham?

Answer 2: God led him to her. [06-02]
Answer 3: Rebekah was the granddaughter of Abraham's brother. [06-02]

3. Dia setuju untuk meninggalkan keluarganya dan ikut dengan pembantu itu. Ishak menikahinya segera setelah dia tiba.

3. Rebekah agreed to leave her family and go back with the servant to Isaac’s home. Isaac married her as soon as she arrived.

Pertanyaan 4: Apakah Ribka dipaksa untuk pergi bersama hamba itu untuk menikah dengan Ishak?

Jawaban 4: Tidak, dia setuju untuk pergi. [06-03]

Question 4: Was Rebekah forced to go with the servant to marry Isaac?

Answer 4: No, she agreed to go. [06-03]

4. Bertahun-tahun kemudian, Abraham meninggal dan semua janji-janji yang telah dibuat Allah kepadanya dalam perjanjian itu diteruskan Ishak. Tapi istri Ishak, Ribka, tidak punya anak. Ishak tidak bisa menjadi bapa banyak bangsa jika dia bahkan tidak memiliki seorang anak laki-laki.

4. After a long time, Abraham died and all of the promises that God had made to him in the covenant were passed on to Isaac. God had promised that Abraham would have countless descendants, but Isaac’s wife, Rebekah, could not have children.

Pertanyaan 5: Janji-janji Allah yang mana yang diteruskan kepada Ishak ketika Abraham meninggal?
Pertanyaan 6: Mengapa tampaknya janji akan keturunan yang tak terhitung banyaknya tidak akan terpenuhi melalui Ishak?

Jawaban 5: Semua janji yang telah dibuat oleh Allah kepada Abraham, termasuk bahwa dia akan memiliki keturunan yang tak terhitung banyaknya. [06-04]
Jawaban 6: Ribka tidak dapat memiliki anak. [06-04]

Question 5: What promises of God were passed on to Isaac when Abraham died?
Question 6: Why did it appear that the promise of countless descendants would not be fulfilled through Isaac?

Answer 5: All of the promises that God had made to Abraham, including that he would have countless descendants. [06-04]
Answer 6: Rebekah could not have children. [06-04]

5. Ishak berdoa untuk Ribka, dan Tuhan mengijinkan dia untuk hamil dengan anak kembar. Kedua bayi itu bertengkar satu sama lain di rahim Ribkah, jadi Ribkah bertanya apa yang terjadi kepada Allah.

5. Isaac prayed for Rebekah, and God allowed her to get pregnant with twins. The two babies struggled with each other while they were still in Rebekah’s womb, so Rebekah asked God what was happening.

6. Allah menjawab Ribkah, "Dua bangsa akan terbentuk dari dua anak laki-laki di dalam engkau. Mereka akan bertengkar satu sama lain dan yang tua akan melayani yang muda."

6. God told Rebekah, “Two nations will come from the two sons inside of you. They will struggle with each other and the older son will serve the younger one.”

Pertanyaan 7: Apa yang dikatakan Allah kepada Ribka tentang dua anak kembarnya sebelum mereka lahir?

Jawaban 7: Mereka akan menjadi dua bangsa, anak yang tua akan menjadi hamba anak yang muda. [06-06]

Question 7: What did God tell Rebekah about her two twin sons before they were born?

Answer 7: They would become two nations, and the older son will serve the younger one. [06-06]

7. Ketika Ribkah melahirkan, anak sulungnya berwarna kemerahan dan berambut, dan mereka menamainya Esau. Kemudian anak bungsunya keluar sambil memegang tumit Esau, dan mereka menamainya Yakub.

7. When Rebekah’s babies were born, the older son came out red and hairy, and they named him Esau. Then the younger son came out holding on to Esau’s heel, and they named him Jacob.

Pertanyaan 8: Siapa nama anak yang lebih tua?
Pertanyaan 9: Siapa nama anak yang lebih muda?

Jawaban 8: Esau. [06-07]
Jawaban 9: Yakub. [06-07]

Question 8: What was the name of the older son?
Question 9: What was the name of the younger son?

Answer 8: Esau. [06-07]
Answer 9: Jacob. [06-07]