“By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”  Gen 24: 14   This was a short prayer said by the servant tasked by Abraham to find a suitable wife for his son, Isaac.  The servant, according to the tradition called Eliezer, was asked by Abraham to find the bride from his own family. Eliezer was not told anything more. But when he came to Abraham’s place, he stood near a spring and prayed to God saying, “May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’ – let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac.” (v.14)   Why did Eliezer need to place this unnecessary and hard test to find the bride? Was it not enough just to find a girl from Abraham’s relative? This would have made his job easy. But this test increases the odds against his success.    It is common knowledge that drawing water from a well is difficult, let alone ...