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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Genesis 24:54

And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night. Having successfully performed the work which his master had entrusted to him, Eliezer was now free to enjoy the hospitality of his hosts with his men. And they rose up in the morning; and he said, Send me away unto my master. The woman whom God had appointed to be the wife of Isaac was now found, but Eliezer, like a faithful servant, with whom the interests of his master always come first, was anxious to deliver the bride-to-be to Isaac and thus complete his mission.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 54. _AND THEY DID EAT AND DRINK_] When Eliezer had got a favourable answer, then he and his servants sat down to meat; this he had refused to do till he had told his message, Genesis 24:33....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - 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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THEY DID EAT AND DRINK, HE AND THE MEN THAT WERE WITH HIM, AND TARRIED ALL NIGHT; AND THEY ROSE UP IN THE MORNING, AND HE SAID, SEND ME AWAY UNTO MY MASTER._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE MARRIAGE OF ISAAC AND REBEKAH A charming picture of patriarchal marriage customs. It is very characteristic of the Primitive source....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּאכְל֣וּ וַ יִּשְׁתּ֗וּ ה֛וּא וְ הָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    WEDDING ARRANGEMENTS Rebekah ran home to tell of the man she had met and gifts he had given. She also planned to finalize plans for him to stay with her family. Laban, her brother, ran to bring the s...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Morning. He loses no time to afford comfort to his masters, and to give proof that he was not esteemed by them without reason._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. And there was set meat befo...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    54._And they rose up in the morning_. On this point Moses insists the more particularly; partly, for the purpose of commending the faithful industry of the servant in fulfilling his master’s commands;...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THEY DID EAT AND DRINK, HE, AND THE MEN THAT [WERE] WITH HIM,.... Every thing being settled with respect to the affair he came about, he then sat down at table, and ate of the provisions set befor...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And they did eat and drink, he and the men that [were] with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master. Ver. 54. _And they did eat and drink...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [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,...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 24:54 men H582 ate H398 (H8799) drank H8354 (H8799) night H3885 (H8799) arose H6965 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And he and the men who were with him ate and drank and remained all night, and in the morning they rose up and he said, “Send me away to my master”.' Now that his mission is accomplished the steward...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 24:50. The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto the bad or good.] _Heb._ “The word cometh forth from Jehovah; we are not able to speak unto thee bad or good.”...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 24:29 AND REBEKAH HAD A BROTHER, AND HIS NAME WAS LABAN. "White," whose character has been considerably traduced, the Biblical narrative not representing him as "a monster of moral...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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,...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Send me. Genesis 24:56 Genesis 24:59 Genesis 28:5 Genesis 28:6 Genesis 4

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

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