followHIM Genesis 24-33 Part 1 • Bro. Mike Harris • Mar. 2-8 • Come, Follow Me
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Feb 25, 2026 
Mike Harris, an Institute teacher and Old Testament scholar, offers an exegetical, symbolic reading of Genesis 24–33. He frames the text as a covenant love story, explores the well motif and wedding symbolism, explains Hebrew idioms and oath rituals, and reads Isaac and Rebekah as typological figures pointing to Jesus and covenant Israel.
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Keep Family Within The Covenant
- Protect your family's covenant future by prioritizing covenantal choices over convenience or cultural pressure.
- Abraham instructs his servant to find Isaac a wife from his kin and not to take Isaac out of the promised land to avoid apostasy.
Camels And Goods Signal Covenant Blessings
- The narrative uses camels and goods as symbolic tokens of covenant blessings, not merely logistical items for travel.
- Mike traces the Hebrew tuve and camels to signal evidence that Abraham's household is prospering through covenant favor.
Wells As Living Water Type Scenes
- The well scene is a recurring scriptural type scene linking marriage encounters to living water and covenant life.
- Mike cites Joan Cook and Doctrine and Covenants 63:23 to show wells foreshadow divine mysteries and everlasting life.