Love at First...Context

• Genesis 24:12 (ASV)

---

For those who don't know, this is the first mention of the term love in the Bible.

I thought it was intriguing to not only see that the first mention of love is in reference to God, but it is a request for someone else. Abraham's servant does not ask that God show steadfast love to him. Instead he asks God that He show his MASTER that kind of steadfast love.

So what does that imply?
Again, the introduction of something often sets up the scene for how it's seen or used from then on out. The servant may have been requesting God show love for his master, but within that act I think he was displaying his own love for his master.

Interesting, isn't it?

---