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SearchAttraction of a Woman Named Rebecca
Rebecca, the eldest daughter of Ezra, a wealthy merchant and trader of Nazareth, fell in love with Jesus. She first confided her affection to Miriam, Jesus‘ sister, and Miriam in turn talked all this over with her mother. After Mary and Miriam had talked this matter over, they decided to make an effort to stop it before Jesus learned about it, by going direct to Rebecca, laying the whole story before her, and honestly telling her about their belief that Jesus was a son of destiny; that he was to become a great religious leader, perhaps the Messiah.
Rebecca listened intently, she argued (to herself) that such a man would all the more need a faithful and efficient wife. Knowing that her father approved of her attraction for the carpenter‘s son, she rightly reckoned that he would gladly supply the family with sufficient income fully to compensate for the loss of Jesus‘ earnings. When her father agreed to such a plan, Rebecca had further conferences with Mary and Miriam, and when she failed to win their support, she made bold to go directly to Jesus. This she did with the co-operation of her father, who invited Jesus to their home for the celebration of Rebecca‘s seventeenth birthday