Then Laban and Bethuel replied, "The matter comes from the Lord; so we cannot speak to you bad or good.They were asked to give their daughter/sister up to a man they didn't even know, who could have been lying through his teeth about who he was and where he came from, and how he'd asked for a sign. But when they are told that God caused this to happen, they don't even blink. They immediately accept it, and give her over.
Today, we're often taught to be skeptical when someone says they've received "a sign from God." Partly, that's because God doesn't appear to operate this way since the coming of the Holy Spirit. But also, Christianity is so well known that it can be faked easily, and con artists abound. It can be hard to determine who's being truthful and who's not, so we tend towards skepticism. Would that our belief in God were so pure that we would know, and not doubt.
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