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Incredibly, the Torah dedicates close to 70 pesukim to the story of Eliezer finding a wife for Yitzchak- beginning with Avraham’s instructions to Eliezer, Eliezer’s journey and prayer to G-d, Eliezer’s encounter and negotiation with Rivka and her family, and his journey back with Rivka. The Torah even relays Eliezer’s repetition of the day’s events to Rivka’s family.
Why does the Torah dedicate so many pesukim to these events; outlining them in such tremendous detail? Why does the text outline so many details of Eliezer’s story twice; once when they occur again when Eliezer relates them to Rivka’s family? Particularly, if we compare this narrative to the many places in the Torah where very little detail is given, the contrast seems quite strange! What lesson can we learn from this, and what can it teach us about parenting?
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