faith in the promise. Furthermore, the barrenness mocked the faith-inspired noble conduct of Rebekah in becoming Isaac’s wife. She had stepped out in faith to leave the city of Nahor in Mesopotamia (Genesis 24:10) and come to Canaan to be Isaac’s wife. She had given up her own home and loved ones—which she never saw again—to be Isaac’s wife. But barrenness mocked her obedience to God’s call. How often faith is tested by the failure of results. “Though the accomplishment of God’s promise is always