The Bible always gives the "begats" from father to son, but where Rebecca was concerned, she named her linage first to her grandmother Milcah--the wife of Abraham's brother.  And only then did she mention her grandfather.  Unusual.  But then, Rebecca is an unusual woman.

After Rebecca had given Abraham's servant water to drink from the well, and also his camels, the servant gave her some gold jewelry that he had brought with him from Abraham, and asked her if her father would give him lodging for the night.  She answered him that they "had straw--for the camels--and provender enough, and a room to lodge in."  The servant bowed and worshiped God and said, "...blessed be the Lord God...who has led me to the house of my master's brethren."

Rebecca ran home and told the women of her mother's house about the man, and the gifts he had given her.  And when the servant came to the house, he told his entire story to Rebecca's brother Laban, and to her father Bethuel.  All about Abraham, Sarah and Isaac, and how he had come to seek a wife for Isaac.  The men decided that he had to ask Rebecca about that, and called her in.  "... they called Rebecca, and said...will you go with this man?  And she said, I will go."  A fearless woman.

Her mother asked for ten days to spend with Rebecca before they left, but Abraham's servant said no, they had to go now.  So, her family blessed her and said, "Be thou the mother of thousands of millions..."  and ended by saying, "...and let your children possess the gate of those which hate them." Which seems to be the case today, as the entire mideast hates the children of Israel.

I feel sympathy for Rebecca's mother.  She must have been broken hearted.  The men had decided what would happen by leaving it up to Rebecca.  And the young girl must have had her head swayed by the great adventure she was embarking on.  But her mother knew she would probably never see her daughter again.  And she had no idea whether this man named Isaac would be good to her daughter or not.  I bet she spent more than a few days crying over the loss of her child.

The only compensation was that the servant had told them that Abraham was old, very rich, and had left everything to Isaac--so her daughter would not want.  Poor compensation, however, for a loving mother who will never see Rebecca again.