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                        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 considerabl... 
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                        - 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... 
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                        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. The gi... 
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                        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... 
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                        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 27:4... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        _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.... 
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                        THE MARRIAGE OF ISAAC AND REBEKAH
A charming picture of patriarchal marriage customs. It is very
characteristic of the Primitive source.... 
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                        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 Abr... 
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                        כִּ֧י אֶל ־אַרְצִ֛י וְ אֶל
־מֹולַדְתִּ֖י תֵּלֵ֑ךְ וְ לָקַחְתָּ֥
אִשָּׁ֖ה לִ בְנִ֥י לְ יִצְחָֽק׃... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        _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... 
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                        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 refer... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        [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,... 
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                        The Preparation for the Journey... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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,... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        Genesis 24:4 go H3212 (H8799) country H776 family H4138 take H3947
(H8804) wife H802 son H1121 Isaac H3327
to my kindred - Genesis 11:25-32, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:7, Genesis
22:20-23,... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        _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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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 THE LORD_—Jehovah_]_ _not becau... 
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                        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,... 
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                        to my kindred. Genesis 11:25 #ff. Genesis 12:1 Genesis 12:7 Genesis
22:20 Genesis 28:2 There does not appear in all this concern the least
taint of... 
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                        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:...