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Rebekah #1
The Stranger
Rebekah must choose between her family’s future and the offer of an uncertain path.
The demanding work of shepherding consumes Rebekah’s days, but when she returns home to winter her flock, the nightmares of her childhood come back to haunt her. After a tragic injury leaves her father unable to lead, he entrusts her with the responsibility of training her younger brother, Laban, to take his place. Will Laban rise to the challenge, or will the future of their family rest in unsteady hands?
When a mysterious stranger offers her a different path, Rebekah faces a choice: stay and support the family that depends on her or follow someone she barely knows into an uncertain future.
Walk with Rebekah as she grapples with faith, family, and the unknown in The Stranger, Book 1 of The Rebekah Series.
The demanding work of shepherding consumes Rebekah’s days, but when she returns home to winter her flock, the nightmares of her childhood come back to haunt her. After a tragic injury leaves her father unable to lead, he entrusts her with the responsibility of training her younger brother, Laban, to take his place. Will Laban rise to the challenge, or will the future of their family rest in unsteady hands?
When a mysterious stranger offers her a different path, Rebekah faces a choice: stay and support the family that depends on her or follow someone she barely knows into an uncertain future.
Walk with Rebekah as she grapples with faith, family, and the unknown in The Stranger, Book 1 of The Rebekah Series.
261 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 1, 2024
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Jenifer Jennings
30 books130 followersJenifer Jennings writes Historical novels that immerse readers in ancient worlds filled with Biblical characters and faith-building stories. Coming to faith in Jesus at seventeen, she spends her days falling in love with her Savior through the study of His Word. Jenifer has a Bachelor’s in Women’s Ministry and graduated with distinction while earning her Master’s in Biblical Languages. When she’s not working on her latest book, Jenifer can be found on a date with her hardworking husband or mothering their two children.
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April 27, 2020
The Stranger
Jenifer Jennings
Rebekah loves her family. She is a shepherdess and the daughter of Bethuel.
She is in the wilderness with her uncles and father letting the sheep grow fat and thick with wool. Her trusty companion Zami a dog head a sound and she is aware that something is wrong. The dog takes chase and they come upon her father locked the the jaws of a large leopard. He yells for her to run. She takes her staff and beats on the head of the animal, it doesn’t let her fathers leg go only clamped down harder and snapping the bone, she panicked and hit the creatures head again harder and breaks the staff and the leopard dies with her fathers leg still in his mouth. She has a difficult decision to make and proceeds to finish removing her fathers leg. She gets him back to her uncles area and they bind his leg and remove him from the wilderness.
She must teach her Brother Laban to become a shepherd. He doesn’t want to do this job, he wishes to be a hunter. She takes him from his Mother Kishar who babies him, his father taught her everything he knows but the brother never took interest and with the mother coddling her son he never learned to care for sheep.
She has dreams when she is home and hears a voice that calls her name. She is frightened but always returns to the wilderness. When she goes back after her father’s injury she has her brother, she is met with many challenging situations and the dreams return.
What a wonderful story, I enjoyed reading this book.
My disclaimer...
I was given a copy of this book for my honest review.
Any book or novels I leave reviews on are not dependent on the book/novel review author’s opinion. No one influenced my voluntary review for any of the books or novels I read, they are my own opinions.
Jenifer Jennings
Rebekah loves her family. She is a shepherdess and the daughter of Bethuel.
She is in the wilderness with her uncles and father letting the sheep grow fat and thick with wool. Her trusty companion Zami a dog head a sound and she is aware that something is wrong. The dog takes chase and they come upon her father locked the the jaws of a large leopard. He yells for her to run. She takes her staff and beats on the head of the animal, it doesn’t let her fathers leg go only clamped down harder and snapping the bone, she panicked and hit the creatures head again harder and breaks the staff and the leopard dies with her fathers leg still in his mouth. She has a difficult decision to make and proceeds to finish removing her fathers leg. She gets him back to her uncles area and they bind his leg and remove him from the wilderness.
She must teach her Brother Laban to become a shepherd. He doesn’t want to do this job, he wishes to be a hunter. She takes him from his Mother Kishar who babies him, his father taught her everything he knows but the brother never took interest and with the mother coddling her son he never learned to care for sheep.
She has dreams when she is home and hears a voice that calls her name. She is frightened but always returns to the wilderness. When she goes back after her father’s injury she has her brother, she is met with many challenging situations and the dreams return.
What a wonderful story, I enjoyed reading this book.
My disclaimer...
I was given a copy of this book for my honest review.
Any book or novels I leave reviews on are not dependent on the book/novel review author’s opinion. No one influenced my voluntary review for any of the books or novels I read, they are my own opinions.
April 27, 2020
Wow! The author hit this one out of the park. I so enjoyed this new trilogy start. This one has got to be my favorite so far. I look forward to the other two in this series. I anxiously await the others. I do heartily recommend this book.
May 2, 2020
An engaging book about Rebekka and her early years with her birth family. The author has done an excellent job of writing a story that pulls you into aspects of this young girl's life. Of course, this is merely fictional, but the story is so gripping that it was difficult to put down and I experienced every emotion on the spectrum - and tears were shed a few times. Great characters as we get to meet her father, mother, younger brother, uncles, "nanny", etc. The sheep were such an integral part (each named by Rebekka)
and her precious dog that was always by her side. This book is such a beautifully told story that I encourage any readers to grab this!
I received an ARC copy of this book. I was under no obligations to post a review. This is my voluntary, honest and completely personal review.
VICKI FROM WYOMING
and her precious dog that was always by her side. This book is such a beautifully told story that I encourage any readers to grab this!
I received an ARC copy of this book. I was under no obligations to post a review. This is my voluntary, honest and completely personal review.
VICKI FROM WYOMING
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April 27, 2020The Stranger (The Rebekah Series, Book 1), my seventh read from Christian author Jenifer Jennings and the first book in her new Rebekah Series. A well-written fictionalized expansion of the Biblical story of Rebekah told from her perspective. I’ll definitely be reading more by this author and look forward to the next book in this series! (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).
July 12, 2020
I received a complimentary ARC of this book from the author. I enjoyed the story very much and found it quite interesting.
It is the imagined story of the life of Rebekah before she becomes Isaac’s wife. It’s entertaining and gives the reader much insight into the life and times of the ancient people who lived during the earliest days of our earth. It is also an allegory of sorts as to how God loves and cares for us - He is the Great Shepherd, and we are His sheep. It gives insight into human character as well as God’s character.
Rebekah is a strong character - intelligent, insightful, and capable of much; perhaps a bit unusual for a woman in her culture, but then again, we learn from Scripture that God had a special purpose for her, so I guess that would make anyone a bit unusual.
I most definitely enjoyed this book. I found myself thinking about it often for days after I finished it. To me, that is the sign of a great book!
It is the imagined story of the life of Rebekah before she becomes Isaac’s wife. It’s entertaining and gives the reader much insight into the life and times of the ancient people who lived during the earliest days of our earth. It is also an allegory of sorts as to how God loves and cares for us - He is the Great Shepherd, and we are His sheep. It gives insight into human character as well as God’s character.
Rebekah is a strong character - intelligent, insightful, and capable of much; perhaps a bit unusual for a woman in her culture, but then again, we learn from Scripture that God had a special purpose for her, so I guess that would make anyone a bit unusual.
I most definitely enjoyed this book. I found myself thinking about it often for days after I finished it. To me, that is the sign of a great book!
February 13, 2021
Beautiful start on Rebekah's story. I am not sure if she was a shepherdess herself in the Bible but in this story she is. And I enjoyed learning so much about sheep because there were a lot of parallels with us and Jesus.
September 28, 2023
Loved the book
I enjoyed the fictional background of how Rebecca could have been. It did portray a young woman with strength to pick up and leave her family for the unknown. And God's guidance in it.
I enjoyed the fictional background of how Rebecca could have been. It did portray a young woman with strength to pick up and leave her family for the unknown. And God's guidance in it.
July 25, 2020
ok, but not a great read.
November 17, 2021
I loved this story so much. I loved getting to know the characters and became friends with them so much I had to buy the next one.
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