Marry your tribe

Marry your tribe 

"Swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not let my son marry one of these local Canaanite women. Gen.24.4 Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac." (Gen.24.3 NLT)

It is best practices to marry from one's tribe. And by tribe we mean one who speaks same language, has similar values as you. A tribe is a collective of like minded individuals irrespective of place, location or origin. Their bond is their values. The Bible talks about being of one mind. It is only those who are of one mind that speak same language and are therefore of one tribe. It matters not whether one is Igbo and the other Yoruba, English or German, as long as they are of one language , one mind, they are of one tribe. So Abraham sent his servant to marry a wife for his son Isaac, from his relatives. 

The daughters of Zelophehad comes to mind. Their father had died having only daughters and for his inheritance to not pass to another, God commanded that they marry whom they think best but it must be within the tribe of their father's tribe. 

"This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry."(Num.36.6) 

Making it plain that we should have a choice of whom to marry,  "whom we think best" but within the confines of the household of faith. 

Paul the Apostle says it this way, what has light got to do with darkness or what union has righteousness with unrighteousness. 

"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? (2Cor.6.14 KJV)

Marry your tribe... 

Happy Independence Day Celebrations 

Good day,
Have a great day today, 
Emmanuel Okoro 
(aka Mr. Lift) 

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