Just because someone quotes Bible verses doesn’t mean that their quotes or implications are accurate. This is one of those cases where again, someone says that Rebecca was 3 years old when she married Isaac, and thus people claim pedophilia in the Bible.

I know for most people they are scratching their heads thinking, “does anyone really believe this”? Yes, crazy enough. It is being told and people just accept it without even thinking. Or looking. Or even having basic logic.

So let’s look at this and the fallacies attached and how the logic is utterly twisted:

  1. Sarah gave birth to Isaac at the age of 90 (TRUE – Genesis 17:17)
  2. Isaac was in his 30’s when the incident of Mount Moriah (almost sacrifice of Isaac) occurred with his father, Abraham (FALSE – The age is not known and never does it say his age. This is completely made up to create the foundation for the lie).
  3. Immediately after Isaac and Abraham’s incident on Mount Moriah, Rebecca is born (VERY FALSE) – This is the foundation of the lie here. The text says, “Some time later Abraham was told…” (Genesis 22:19-24) and then there’s the list of kids he was told about.

    There was no internet, phone, etc… at the time. Just because someone’s birth was mentioned didn’t mean it happened right at that exact moment. If it did, all 8 children and a grandchild were born at the exact same moment. This is what this belief implies based on the usage of this Scripture. That’s lunacy.
  4. As soon as Rebecca’s birth is mentioned in Gen 22, a few verses down (next chapter), we read that Sarah died at the age of 127 years old (TRUE and FALSE – Sarah did die at 127 years old. FALSE–Rebecca’s birth is NOT mentioned that it happened at that exact moment, and that all the other children happened at the exact same moment. It’s not a chronology.
  5. At the time of Sarah’s death, Isaac would have been 37 years old (FALSE – We don’t know his age).
  6. Isaac mentioned Rebecca at the age of 40 (Gen 25:20), this would show from the Bible that Rebecca was only 3 years old, given that she was only born three years prior, just after the Mount Moriah incident and the death of Sarah (TRUE AND FALSE – Isaac married Rebecca when he was 40, but the age of Rebecca is false).

– “FORTY YEARS OLD – For when Abraham came from Mount Moriah he received the news that Rebecca was born (22:20)” FALSE. Here’s what it says:

20 Some time later Abraham was told, “Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor:

Again, there weren’t phones back then and news of births were not simultaneous to the announcement of them.

The Person writing the comment continues a summation of the Falsity: “Isaac was 37 years old, because at that time Sarah died and from the birth of Isaac until the Binding – when Sarah died, there were thirty-seven years since she was 90 years old when Isaac was born and 127 when she died. as it is said, (23:1) “And the life of Sarah was [one hundred and twenty-seven years] — thus Isaac was then 37 years old. At that period was born and he waited until she was fit for marriage – 3 years – and then married her” – FALSE FALSE FALSE

Shaking my head. Crazy. But there’s more.

Let’s go to Genesis 24. Let’s put this all in context:

  1. Women went to draw water at a certain hour. Women.

    He had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water (v. 11). Not children. Women. Flesh and blood women.
  2. If she was 3 which she wasn’t, how many 3 year olds carry a heavy clay jar full of water on their shoulder for their flocks up and down to a creek bed?

    Gen 24:15 Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder…She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.

    A 3 year old child is not going to be able to do this. Not even once.
  3. How many 3 year olds draw water for an entire flock of camels who…drink like camels?

    19 After she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have had enough to drink.” 20 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.

    Google and you will find that camels can drink around 53 gallons of water in a single refill. There were 10 camels. Can a 3 year old draw 530+ gallons of water (2000 liters)??? A 3 year old? That is ludicrous.
  4. How many 3 year olds have the mental and vocabulary capacity to see a need, serve and articulate the following?

    24 She answered him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milkah bore to Nahor.” 25 And she added, “We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night.”

    No 3 year old is going to see the need, articulate that need, take action, put a heavy jar of water on her head or shoulder and carry 2000 liters of water. This is not the speech or actions of a 3 year old.

This kind of stuff isn’t in the Bible, isn’t even logical and is total nonsensical.

We need to know what the Bible says and know the truth when these things are addressed. People quote verses and think it’s a done deal but it isn’t. Read the Bible and see for yourself the truth. And with this issue, if someone ever tells you this argument, just ask how a 3 year old could carry a jar of water on her shoulder and give them enough water to take care of ten camels.

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