Commentaries Dictionaries Concordances

Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Genesis 24:6

And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again! That would have been a step backward and would have shown mistrust in the words of the Lord.

Continues after advertising

See also Genesis 24:6 in other biblical comments:

  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • 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

    _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....

  • 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 יֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו אַבְרָהָ֑ם הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֔...

  • 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

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son (d) thither again. (d) Lest he should love the inheritance promised....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? And Abraham said unto him...

  • 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

    6._Beware that thou bring not my son thither again_. If the woman should not be found willing, Abraham, commending the event to God, firmly adheres to the principal point, that his son Isaac should no...

  • 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 ABRAHAM SAID UNTO HIM,.... Not blaming him for putting such a question, nor charging him with impertinence, but plainly seeing the propriety of it: and in order to clear up this matter to him, giv...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. Ver. 6. _That thou bring not my son thither again._] Where yet he had never been, but in his father's loins. He would...

  • 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

    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,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    In case she will not come hither, do not thou engage that he shall go thither. Why so? 1. Because there was more danger of infection from his wife and her kindred, because of their friendly, and fami...

  • 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 24:6 Abraham H85 said H559 (H8799) Beware H8104 (H8734) not H6435 take H7725 son H1121 there...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Abraham said to him, “You beware that you do not bring my son there again. Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from my native land, and who spoke to me, and who swor...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • 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 24:1. 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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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)

  • 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

    Galatians 5:1 Hebrews 10:39 Hebrews 11:9 Hebrews 11:13 2 Peter

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

Continues after advertising