拉班和彼土利
拉班和彼土利敬畏主（创二四29-31）。他们也乐于接待人（创二四31-33）。接待常带进最大的祝福。对于利百加，就是彼土利的女儿，拉班的妹妹，成为以撒的妻子乃是极大的祝福。这祝福是由他们乐于接待人而得着的。他们若不乐于接待人，弃绝了亚伯拉罕的仆人，这美妙的婚姻绝不会发生。不仅如此，他们也接受了主的主宰，说，“这事乃出于耶和华，我们不能向你说好说歹。”（创二四50-51，55-60）。拉班和彼土利承认这是主的作为，他们对于这事没有权利说甚么。这里我们看见他们与神在一里生活的气氛。
以撒
以撒不是一个活跃的人，因他没有作甚么。他不过住在井边，在活水之地旁边。创世记二十四章六十三节说，“天将晚，以撒出来在田间默想。”有些译本译为以撒到田间去祷告，其他的译本说他到田间去敬拜。以撒在主面前默想，很可能想到他的婚姻。他失去了母亲，还没有妻子，最可靠的仆人又出门在外。以撒不知道仆人会不会回来。家中没有安全或保障，使他在为难的处境中。因此，他出去到田间寻求主，在神面前默想。当他默想的时候，利百加来了。仆人将一切所发生的事告诉以撒，以撒就接受父亲为他所作的，娶了利百加（创二四66-67）。他的婚姻来自承受，不是来自奋斗。他没有为着妻子奋斗；他承受了父亲为他所作的。他没有作甚么事，来得着一个妻子。他不过接受父亲为他所得着的。他这样行，就是与主是一，使神的目的达成在他身上。他没有举行结婚典礼，却有真实且稳固的婚姻。
达成神的目的
以撒的婚姻最终达成了神的目的（创二一12下，二二17-18）。在创世记二十四章，那些人的生活不仅仅是为着自己的人生，他们的生活乃是带进神永远目的的达成，生出基督，并为着神的经纶产生神的国。
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Isaac’s Marriage (6) – Gen. 24:63
Laban and Bethuel
Laban and Bethuel feared the Lord (Gen. 24:29-31). They also delighted in showing hospitality (Gen. 24:31-33). Hospitality often brings in the greatest blessing. For Rebekah, who was Bethuel’s daughter and Laban’s sister, to become Isaac’s wife was a tremendous blessing. This blessing was obtained through their delight in showing hospitality. If they had not been happy to show hospitality and had rejected Abraham’s servant, this wonderful marriage would never have taken place. Furthermore, they also accepted the Lord’s sovereignty, saying, “The matter comes from the Lord; so we cannot speak to you bad or good.” (Gen. 24:50-51, 55-60). Laban and Bethuel acknowledged that this was the Lord’s doing, and they had no right to say anything about it. Here we see the atmosphere of their living in oneness with God.
Isaac
Isaac was not an active person, for he did not do anything. He simply dwelt by the well, by the living water. Genesis 24:63 says, “And Isaac went out and meditate in the field toward ecening.” Some versions translate this as Isaac going out to the field to pray, and other versions say he went to the field to worship. Isaac meditated before the Lord, most likely thinking about his marriage. He had lost his mother and did not yet have a wife, and the most reliable servant was away from home. Isaac did not know whether the servant would come back. There was no safety or security in the house, placing him in a difficult situation. Therefore, he went out to the field to seek the Lord and meditate before God. While he was meditating, Rebekah came. The servant told Isaac all the things that had happened, and Isaac accepted what the father had done for him and took Rebekah (Gen. 24:66-67). His marriage came from inheritance, not from struggle. He did not struggle for a wife; he inherited what his father had done for him. He did not do anything to obtain a wife. He merely received what the father had obtained for him. By doing this, he was one with the Lord, causing God’s purpose to be fulfilled in him. He did not have a wedding ceremony, yet he had a real and solid marriage.
Fulfilling God’s Purpose
Isaac’s marriage ultimately fulfilled God’s purpose (Gen. 21:12b, 22:17-18). In Genesis 24, the living of those people was not merely for their own human life; their living was to bring in the fulfillment of God’s eternal purpose, to bring forth Christ, and to produce the kingdom of God for God’s economy.