Luke 02:07 The Foreshadowing of the Virgin Birth – Room to Lodge in

In the foreshadowing of the virgin birth, Mary is foreshadowed by Rebekah. In today’s parallel – Mary and Rebekah stayed in a shelter where animals also stayed. Both accounts mention the amount of room at the shelter. Genesis 24:54-58 indicates that Rebekah did not stay in the same place as the visitors and her mother and brother possibly due to a lack of room.

Luke 02:07… laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Genesis 24:25 She added, "We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in."

J. Clontz – Editor of the Comprehensive New Testament

Previously:

The accounts of Mary and Rebekah both start with an angel sent by God – Luke 1:26/Genesis 24:7,40

Mary and Rebekah were virgins who were betrothed to a man – Luke 1:27/Genesis 24:16,51

Mary and Rebekah were selected by God - Luke 1:30/Genesis 24:14,44

Mary and Rebekah consented to being selected by God Luke 1:38/Genesis 24:57-58

Mary and Rebekah went with haste and told their relatives what had happened Luke 1:36,39/Genesis 24:28

Mary and Rebekah were blessed by their relatives - Luke 1:42/Genesis 24:60

God provided information about the future of Mary and Rebekah’s unborn children and the nature of their pregnancies Matthew 1:20/Genesis 25:23

Mary and Rebekah’s lives were potentially threatened by their pregnancies – Matthew 1:18-19/Genesis 25:22