Genesis 24:1
OLD. About 140 years old. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
OLD. About 140 years old. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
ELDEST SERVANT. Probably Eleazar of Dan 15:2. THIGH. According to the Midrash and ancient Jewish expositors,. _Euphemism_ (App-6) for the organs of generation, as most sacred. According to Ibn Ezra and present Indian custom, _on_ the thigh is. token of subjection.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. CANAANITES. Mixed with the _Nephilim._ App-23. I. Emph. in contrast with the Canaanites. Hence Abraham's horror of mixing the holy seed with that of the _Nephilim._... [ Continue Reading ]
MY KINDRED. Gentiles thus expressly excluded from this chapter, if regarded as. type. Compare verses: Genesis 24:3; Genesis 24:4; Genesis 24:7, Gen 3:37, Gen 3:38. See also Genesis 26:35; Genesis 27:46; Genesis 28:1; Genesis 28:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAVEN. The Septuagint reads: "heaven, and God of the earth. "See App-4. FATHER'S HOUSE, AND FROM THE LAND OF MY KINDRED. The Severus Codex reads: "from my house and from my country, "as in Genesis 24:4. See App-34.... [ Continue Reading ]
AROSE. amounted. MESOPOTAMIA Hebrew. _Aram-naharaim,_ i.e. Aram of the two rivers (the Tigris and Euphrates). The country of Haran. Genesis 11:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
WELL. spring. Hebrew. _'ayin._ See note on Genesis 21:19. COME OUT. Hebrew are coming out.... [ Continue Reading ]
PITCHER. Still used in Palestine as in John 4:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE HE HAD DONE SPEAKING. Compare Isaiah 65:24. REBEKAH. Hebrew captivating. BORN TO BETHUEL. See App-29. BETHUEL. Hebrew separated of God.... [ Continue Reading ]
VIRGIN. Hebrew. _bethulah._ Compare Genesis 24:43. See note on Genesis 24:43.... [ Continue Reading ]
WONDERING: or eagerly watching her. TO WIT. to know.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOLDEN. Hebrew of gold. Genitive of material. App-17. EARRING. Probably. nose (or "face") ring. See Genesis 24:47.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAHOR. See App-29. Rebekah his granddaughter; but old enough to marry Isaac, because Sarah was "well stricken in years" when Isaac was born (Genesis 18:11; Genesis 18:12). Compare Genesis 24:36.... [ Continue Reading ]
LABAN. See App-29.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN HE SAW. Characteristic of Laban. Rebekah showed kindness before she saw.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE, i.e. Laban.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton,_ App-6, to emphasize all the items which went to make up Abraham's wealth. Twelve "ands" (3. 4. 12). abundance of earthly wealth. See App-10.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WALK. I walk habitually. Hebrew verb in _Hithpael._... [ Continue Reading ]
SAID. Eleazar repeats his prayer from memory, but inexactly. Who could have written the actual words (verses: Genesis 24:12) but the Holy Inspiring Spirit? He records both the prayer itself and Eleazar's remembrance of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
VIRGIN. Hebrew. _'almah._ Every _bethulah_ is an _'ahnah,_ but every _'almah_ is not. _bethulah_: _'almah_ Occurs. times, Genesis 24:43 (first occurance). Exodus 2:8; Psalms 68:25.Proverbs 30:19; Song of Solomon 1:3; Song of Solomon 6:8; Isaiah 7:14. _Bethulah_ Occurs 49 times (App-10).... [ Continue Reading ]
FACE or nose. Compare Genesis 24:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
LED ME IN THE RIGHT WAY. Compare Psalms 107:7. DAUGHTER. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Species), App-6, daughter put for granddaughter.... [ Continue Reading ]
RAIMENT: or garments; i.e. changes of raiment.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
WELL. spring. Hebrew. _beer._ See note on Genesis 21:19. LAHAI-ROI. Hebrew. _the well of life and vision._... [ Continue Reading ]
MEDITATE. Refers back to the historical context, Genesis 23:19, the death and burial of Sarah, his mother. What follows this digression (of which Isaac as yet knew nothing) in Genesis 24:1 shows that Isaac went out, not to "meditate", or "to pray" (Authorized Version margin), or "take. walk" (Syriac... [ Continue Reading ]
LIGHTED OFF. Hebrew. _fell,_ or alighted hastily.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMFORTED AFTER, or consoled himself for.... [ Continue Reading ]