But thou shalt go unto my (c) country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
(c) He did not want his son to marry out of the godly family: for the problems that come from marrying the ungodly are set forth in various places throughout the scriptures.
Verse Genesis 24:4. _MY COUNTRY_] Mesopotamia, called here Abraham's country, because it was the place where the family of Haran, his brother, had settled; and where himself had remained a considerab...
- 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...
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...
Abraham's Commission to his Servant 1. _well stricken in age_ Cf. Genesis 18:11. The Hebrew phrase means "going in days," just as we should say "advanced in years." Cf. Luke 1:7. _had blessed_ Cf. G...
_my country … kindred_ Here, as in Genesis 28:2 (P), the country and kindred of Abraham are to be sought, not in Ur of the Chaldees, but in the land of Haran, or Paddan-aram; cf. Genesis 24:7. _take a...
DISCOURSE: 39 MARRIAGE OF ISAAC Genesis 24:2. And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: and I will make thee sw...
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...
_BUT THOU SHALT GO UNTO MY COUNTRY, AND TO MY KINDRED, AND TAKE A WIFE UNTO MY SON ISAAC._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE MARRIAGE OF ISAAC AND REBEKAH A charming picture of patriarchal marriage customs. It is very characteristic of the Primitive source....
MY COUNTRY] Haran, in Mesopotamia, where Nahor's family still lived. 5-8. Isaac was on no account to leave Canaan, the land promised by God as his inheritance....
When Abraham said ‘my country’, he meant west Mesopotamia. Abraham had lived there, in the city that was called Haran. (See Genesis 11:31.) Mesopotamia is the land that is between the river Tigris and...
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...
כִּ֧י אֶל ־אַרְצִ֛י וְ אֶל ־מֹולַדְתִּ֖י תֵּל
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...
A WIFE SOUGHT FOR ISAAC Genesis 24:1 It is all-important that the children of God's people should marry only in the Lord. See 1 Corinthians 7:39. So only can we hope to perpetuate, as Malachi teaches...
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...
ABRAHAM'S SERVANT FINDS REBEKAH Abraham would have been one hundred thirty-seven at the time of Sarah's death. He made his oldest servant promise to find a wife for Isaac. He made him swear he would n...
Country. Huran, where Abraham had dwelt with Thare, &c. There Nachor's family still resided, and had more respect for the true God than the Chanaanites, (Haydock) though they gave way to some sort of...
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. Some have thought, that as Isaac was in many respects a type of the blessed Jesus, what is said here, in refere...
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...
4._But thou shalt go unto my country and to my kindred_. It seems that, in the choice of the place, Abraham was influenced by the thought, that a wife would more willingly come from thence to be marri...
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...
BUT THOU SHALT GO UNTO MY COUNTRY,.... Not Canaan, which though his by promise, yet not in possession, but Mesopotamia, as appears from Genesis 24:10; which taken largely included the Chaldea, see Act...
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. Ver. 4. _But thou shalt go unto my country, &c._] Nahor's stock were neither pure in religion nor precise in l...
[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,...
but thou shalt go unto my country and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. Abraham demanded a solemn oath from Eliezer, in order that this most important mission would be carried out, eve...
The Preparation for the Journey...
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...
1-9 The effect of good example, good teaching, and the worship of God in a family, will generally appear in the piety, faithfulness, prudence, and affection of the servants. To live in such families,...
MY COUNTRY, i.e. Mesopotomia, GENESIS 24:10, which being largely taken for the country between those two famous rivers Euphrates and Tigris, from which situation it hath that name; so Chaldea, whence...
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 24:4 go H3212 (H8799) country H776 family H4138 take H3947 (H8804) wife H802 son H1121 Isaac...
Our subject is the value of divine guidance, and we shall, therefore, read two passages of Scripture illustrating the truth which we hope to enforce. Genesis 24:1. _And Abraham was old, and well stri...
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...
_Thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: but thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac_ ABRAHAM’S PROV...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 24:2 Abraham did not want Isaac to marry a Canaanite, fearing this would draw him away from the Lord. From ch. Genesis 9:1 onward, the CANAANITES
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 24:1. And Abraham was old.] He was now in his hundred and fortieth year. (See ch. Genesis 25:20.) GENESIS 24:2. ELDEST SERVANT OF HIS HOUSE.] Heb. “His servant, the elder of...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 24:1 AND ABRAHAM WAS OLD AND WELL STRICKEN IN AGE:—literally, [_lone into days _(cf. Genesis 18:11), being now about 140 (_vide_ Genesis 25:20)
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,...
to my kindred. Genesis 11:25 #ff. Genesis 12:1 Genesis 12:7 Genesis 22:20...
SEEKING A WIFE FOR ISAAC Genesis 24:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A remarkable co-incidence. As the Word of God tells the story of Sarah's death, it tells, also, the story of Rebekah's birth. Genesis 23:2...