Rebekah's story starts with a servant's prayer. Abraham's servant stood by the well of Nahor's city and asked God for a sign: the right young woman would offer him a drink and also water his camels. “And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah… came out with her pitcher on her shoulder.” God answered before the prayer was finished.
Look at Rebekah's character. When the servant asked for a little water, she said, “Drink, my lord,” and then, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” Ten thirsty camels could drink a very large amount of water. She ran back and forth to the well again and again for a stranger. Her generosity went beyond what was asked. Scripture also notes she was “very beautiful to behold,” but it is her servant heart that is on display.
Rebekah was also a woman of hospitality and courage. She invited the servant home, and her brother Laban came out — though he seems more impressed by the gold ring and bracelets than by the God of Abraham. The servant told the whole story of how the LORD had led him, and the family said, “The thing comes from the LORD.”
When the family wanted to delay her departure, they asked Rebekah herself. “Will you go with this man?” Her answer was three words: “I will go.” Like Abraham, she left her country and her father's house for a land she had never seen, trusting the word of a messenger about a bridegroom she had never met. Her family blessed her: “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands.”
At the end of the journey Rebekah lifted her eyes and saw Isaac meditating in the field at evening. She covered herself with a veil and came to him. “And he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.” God used one willing woman to continue the line of the promise and to heal a grieving man's heart.