Mother's death, which happened about three years before. (Menochius) --- Isaac was now forty years old, and yet he does not pretend to take a wife for himself; leaving the choice to his good father, and to God. (Du Hamel)
Verse Genesis 24:67. _SARAH'S TENT_] Sarah being dead, her tent became now appropriated to the use of Rebekah. _AND TOOK REBEKAH, C._] After what _form_ this was done we are not told or whether ther...
- The Marriage of Isaac 26. קרד _qādad_, “bow the head.” השׁתחוה _shâchâh_, “bow the body.” 29. לבן _lābān_, “Laban, white.” In this circumstantial account of the marriage of Isaac, we have a b...
CHAPTER 24 THE BRIDE SOUGHT FOR ISAAC _ 1. The commission to the servant (Genesis 24:1)_ 2. The obedience and prayer of the servant (Genesis 24:10) 3. The prayer answered (Genesis 24:15) 4. Th
GENESIS 24. AT HIS MASTER'S COMMAND, ABRAHAM'S SLAVE BRINGS REBEKAH TO CANAAN AS A WIFE FOR ISAAC. The chapter has generally been assigned to J, but it is probably composite, and has been put together...
COMFORTED AFTER, or consoled himself for....
_into his mother Sarah's tent_ The language of the Heb. text is here very obscure; and the original structure of it has probably been altered. Literally it means "into the tent Sarah his mother," a gr...
Abraham's Servant brings Rebekah to Isaac 55. _her brother and her mother_ LXX and Lat. read "her brothers and her mother." a few _days, at the least ten_ Heb. "days or ten," or, as we should say, ...
BROUGHT HER INTO HIS MOTHER'S TENT—AND WAS COMFORTED— The tent, which Sarah had formerly occupied, was put into Rebekah's possession: whose beauty, modesty, and virtue alleviated Isaac's grief for the...
2. _Provision of a Wife for Isaac_ (Genesis 24:1-67) 1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of h...
_AND ISAAC BROUGHT HER INTO HIS MOTHER SARAH'S TENT, AND TOOK REBEKAH, AND SHE BECAME HIS WIFE; AND HE LOVED HER: AND ISAAC WAS COMFORTED AFTER HIS MOTHER'S DEATH._ Brought her into his mother's ......
THE MARRIAGE OF ISAAC AND REBEKAH A charming picture of patriarchal marriage customs. It is very characteristic of the Primitive source....
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 24 ABRAHAM’S SERVANT LOOKS FOR A WIFE FOR ISAAC V1 Abraham was an old man. He had lived for many years. The *Lord had always been very kind to Ab...
SARAH’S TENT. — So Leah and Rachel had each her own tent (Genesis 31:33; but see on Genesis 24:28)....
וַ יְבִאֶ֣הָ יִצְחָ֗ק הָ אֹ֨הֱלָה֙ שָׂרָ֣ה אִ
ISAAC'S MARRIAGE Genesis 24:1 "Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised."- Proverbs 31:30. "WHEN a son has attained the age of twenty years, h...
REBEKAH MARRIES ISAAC Genesis 24:50 Rebekah's relatives recognized the hand of God in what had taken place, and could not demur. The maiden herself was not asked, according to Oriental custom, but in...
This chapter is complete in itself and is a perfect idyll. Abraham was well stricken in years. Sarah was dead. Isaac, the son of Abraham, was still unmarried. In the interest of the divine program Isa...
REBEKAH BECOMES ISAAC'S WIFE The family then sent Rebekah away with her nurse and maids by her side. They blessed her, saying, "Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands; an...
And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after h...
We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
67._And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent_. He first brought her into the tent, then took her as his wife. By the very arrangement of his words, Moses distinguishes between the legitimate...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, AND 24. But on this introduction of the heir, he necessarily becomes the main subject; and chapter 22 opens with it: "It came to pass after these thin...
AND ISAAC BROUGHT HER INTO HIS MOTHER SARAH'S TENT,.... The apartment in which she dwelt when living; for women in those times and places had separate apartments from their husbands; this was done aft...
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's [death]. Ver. 67. Isaac brought her into hi...
[CARE TO PROUIDE A WIFE FOR ISAAC.] 1 Abraham sweareth his seruant. 10 The seruants iourney: 12 His prayer: 14 His signe. 15 Rebekah meeteth him, 18 fulfilleth his signe, 22 receiueth iewels,...
And Isaac brought her in to his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. The Lord Himself worked in the heart...
The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah...
TWELFTH SECTION _Abraham’s care for Isaac’s marriage. Eliezer’s wooing of the bride for Isaac. The theocratic founding of a picous bride-wooing. Isaac’s marriage_ GENESIS 24:1-67 1And Abraham was ol...
ISAAC'S BRIDE FROM HIS FATHER'S FAMILY Only after Sarah has died does Isaac receive a wife. When Israel, after the death of the Lord Jesus, was set aside as the vessel of God's testimony in the world...
54-67 Abraham's servant, as one that chose his work before his pleasure, was for hastening home. Lingering and loitering no way become a wise and good man who is faithful to his duty. As children oug...
ISAAC BROUGHT HER INTO HIS MOTHER SARAH'S TENT, partly to give her possession of it, and partly to consummate the marriage. Women then had their tents apart from men. See GENESIS 18:10, GENESIS 24:67...
The connection of this chapter, with the two which precede it, is worthy of notice. In Genesis 1:24 the son is offered up; in Genesis 1:20 Sarah is laid aside; and in Genesis 1:67 the servant is sent...
Genesis 24:67 Isaac H3327 brought H935 (H8686) mother H517 Sarahs H8283 tent H168 took H3947 (H8799) Rebekah...
‘And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah and she became his wife. And he loved her, and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.' This is a general statement rather...
CONTENTS: Bride of Isaac secured by Abraham's servant. CHARACTERS: Abraham, servant, Bethuel, Laban, Sarah, Isaac. CONCLUSION: God leads in every detail of our lives. The marriage which is not accor...
Genesis 24:1. _The Lord had blessed Abraham_ with all the four patriarchal blessings: _viz._ length of days, a promising issue, vast riches, and victory over his oppressors. Genesis 24:2. _Under my th...
_She became his wife_ A PRIMEVAL MARRIAGE I. ITS SIMPLICITY. II. ITS PURITY. III. ITS GODLINESS. IV. IT ILLUSTRATES THE PRINCIPLE OF UNITY IN DIVERSITY. The characters of Isaac and Rebekah were m...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 24:1 Abraham sends one of his servants to his homeland in Mesopotamia to find a wife for Isaac. The journey was about 550 miles (900 km) and would have taken the servant about...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 24:63. To meditate.] Onkelos has _to pray,_ and the LXX. _to exercise himself, i.e.,_ religiously, to employ his mind and heart in devout contemplation. The Heb. word occurs...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 24:61 AND REBEKAH AROSE, AND HER DAMSELS,—probably a company, at least two, though Laban afterwards only gave each of his daughters one (Genesis 29:24,...
And Abraham was old, and well-stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee,...
his mother. Genesis 18:6 Genesis 18:9 Genesis 18:10 Song of Solomon 8:2...
OVER THE DESERT SANDS Genesis 24:28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Lord honored a marriage scene in Cana of Galilee with His presence. Marriage is honorable in all. God has said, "It is not good that the m...