John Trapp Complete Commentary
Genesis 24:55
And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us [a few] days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
Ver. 55. Let the damsel abide with us.] Men promise in baste; perform by leisure.
And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us [a few] days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
Ver. 55. Let the damsel abide with us.] Men promise in baste; perform by leisure.
Verse 55. _LET THE DAMSEL ABIDE WITH US A FEW DAYS, AT THE LEAST_ _TEN_] The original is very abrupt and obscure, because we are not acquainted with the precise meaning of the _form of speech_ which...
- 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...
TEN. Seven days. a week, but ten or. _decad_ (1/3 of. month) sometimes reckoned as. longer, but strictly defined period. Compare Exodus 12:3.Leviticus 16:29....
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, ...
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 HER BROTHER AND HER MOTHER SAID, LET THE DAMSEL ABIDE WITH US A FEW DAYS, AT THE LEAST TEN; AFTER THAT SHE SHALL GO._ And her brother and her mother. Although Bethuel was alive (Genesis 24:15; G...
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...
A FEW DAYS, AT THE LEAST TEN. — Heb., _days or a decade,_ which Onkelos, Saadja, Rashi, and others translate as in the margin: “a year or ten months.” But while this rendering has high Jewish authorit...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אָחִ֨יהָ֙ וְ אִמָּ֔הּ תֵּשֵׁ֨ב הַ
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 HER BROTHER AND HER MOTHER SAID,.... Here her brother Laban is set before his mother, as above before his father, being the chief speaker and the principal manager of business: LET THE DAMSEL ABI...
_Let her abide a few days, at least ten_ The words in the Hebrew here, ימים או עשׂור, are rather equivocal, and may be rendered, as in the margin, _a full year, or ten months_, the word translated _da...
[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,...
REBEKAH CONSENTS TO BECOME ISAAC'S BRIDE...
And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. Loving Rebekah as they did, they were anxious to have her stay for at least ten...
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...
A FEW DAYS: Or, a full year, or, ten months...
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...
Others thus, _a year, or_ at the least _ten_ months, the word _days_ being put for a year, as elsewhere. But it is very improbable that they would demand or expect such a thing from this man, whom the...
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 24:55 brother H251 mother H517 said H559 (H8799) woman H5291 stay H3427 (H8799) days H3117 least...
‘And her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman remain with us for some days, or ten. After that she shall go”.' To just have accepted the steward's haste would have been impolite, and ther...
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...
_Abide with us a few days_ DELAY IS DANGEROUS We shall not have anything more to do with Laban to-night, than to use his desire to retain his good sister Rebekah as an illustration of the way in whi...
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 24:50. 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.”...
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...
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,...
a few days. or, a full year, or ten months. Genesis 4:3 Leviticus 25:29 Judges 14:8...
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...
Let her abide a few days, at least ten — They had consented to the marriage, and yet were loth to part with her. It is an instance of the vanity of this world, that there is nothing in it so agreeable...