Main Reading: Genesis 23–25:18
Theme: Covenant Faithfulness Across Generations
Messianic Focus: Yeshua as the Bridegroom and the Fulfillment of God’s Promises

🌿 Overview

This week’s Torah portion is called:

חַיֵּי שָׂרָה — Chayei Sarah

• Pronounced: khai-YAY sah-RAH
• Meaning: “The Life of Sarah”

Even though the portion begins with Sarah’s death, the Torah emphasizes her life, righteousness, and role in the covenant.
This portion reveals how God continues His promises through Isaac, Rebekah, and Abraham’s final years.

Three major themes shape this week:

1. Honoring Sarah’s life and securing the covenant land
2. Finding a bride for Isaac
3. Passing the promises to the next generation

It is a portion saturated with purpose, legacy, and covenant faithfulness.

🌿 Key Passages

🌿 Supporting Readings

• Prophets / Writings: Psalm 37:23–29; Proverbs 31:10–31
• Messianic Writings: Matthew 25:1–13; Ephesians 5:25–32; Revelation 19:7–9

🌿 Hebrew Notes (Integrated)

1. Chayei — חַיֵּי — “Life of”

• From the root chai (חַי) meaning life.
  Sarah’s righteousness leaves a living legacy.

2. Machpelah — מַכְפֵּלָה — “Double, folded”

• Pronounced: mak-PEH-lah
  The cave Abraham purchases becomes the ancestral burial place of the patriarchs.

3. Eved — עֶבֶד — “Servant”

• Pronounced: EH-ved
  Abraham’s servant (traditionally understood as Eliezer) models faithfulness and prayer.

4. Rivkah — רִבְקָה — “Rebekah”

• Pronounced: RIV-kah
  Her name may be related to “compassion” or “binding closely,” fitting her role in uniting the covenant line.

5. Chessed — חֶסֶד — “Lovingkindness / covenant love”

• Pronounced: KHEH-sed
  Rebekah’s kindness at the well is an act of chessed, showing her heart is aligned with God.

🌿 Messianic Connection

Genesis 24 (Rebekah being chosen for Isaac) is one of Scripture’s clearest prophetic pictures of Messiah and His Bride:

• The Father (Abraham) sends
• The Servant (Eved) — representing the Holy Spirit —
• To call and bring home
• A Bride (Rebekah)
• For the Beloved Son (Isaac)

Rebekah responds willingly and joyfully — just as believers are called by the Spirit to follow Messiah.

Isaac is a picture of Yeshua:

• A promised son
• Offered on the altar
• Restored to life
• Waiting for His Bride

And Messiah Himself is the Bridegroom who comes for a pure and willing people (Ephesians 5:25–27; Revelation 19:7–9).

🌿 Moral and Spiritual Application

• A faithful life leaves a spiritual legacy like Sarah’s.
• God guides His people through everyday acts of obedience.
• Rebekah’s hospitality and chessed reveal a heart aligned with God.
• The Spirit (like Abraham’s servant) draws us to Messiah.
• Covenant promises continue from generation to generation.

🕎 7-Day Devotional (with light Hebrew learning)

🌿 Discussion Questions

1. What does Sarah’s life teach us about leaving a godly legacy?
2. How does Abraham’s servant model dependence on God?
3. What qualities in Rebekah show she was chosen by God?
4. How is the story of Isaac and Rebekah a picture of Messiah and His Bride?
5. What does this portion teach you about God’s faithfulness across generations?

🌿 Prayer Focus

Ask God to cultivate a heart of chessed (lovingkindness) like Rebekah’s, a faithfulness like Abraham’s servant, and a legacy of faith like Sarah.

🌿 Memory Verse

Genesis 24:27 — “Blessed be the LORD… who has not abandoned His chesed (lovingkindness) and His faithfulness toward my master.”