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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
b...
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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. Th
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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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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, ...
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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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_AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, HINDER ME NOT, SEEING THE LORD HATH PROSPERED
MY WAY; SEND ME AWAY THAT I MAY GO TO MY MASTER._
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 Ab...
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וַ יֹּאמְר֖וּ נִקְרָ֣א לַֽ † נַּעֲרָ֑
וְ...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at (c) her mouth.
(c) This shows that parents do not have the authority to marry their
children without the consent of both parties....
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_Let us call the maid, and ask her will. Not as to her marriage, as
she had already consented, but of her quitting her parents and going
to her husband. (Challoner)_...
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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...
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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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57._We will call the damsel_. Bethuel, who had before unreservedly
given his daughter in marriage, now seems to adhere, with but little
constancy, to his purpose. When, however, he had previously offe...
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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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AND THEY SAID, WE WILL CALL THE DAMSEL,.... Who perhaps through
modesty had withdrawn herself to her own apartment, while the man and
her friends were discoursing on this subject:
AND INQUIRE AT HER...
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_Call the damsel, and inquire_ As children ought not to marry without
their parents' consent, so parents ought not to marry them without
their own. Before the matter is resolved on, ask at the damsel'...
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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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REBEKAH CONSENTS TO BECOME ISAAC'S BRIDE...
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And they said, we will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth. The
matter was to rest upon Rebekah's decision....
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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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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...
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i.e. Understand her mind by her words, not so much concerning the
marriage itself, in which she resigned up herself to the disposal of
her parents and friends, and to which she had given an implicit
c...
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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 24:57 said H559 (H8799) call H7121 (H8799) woman H5291 ask
H7592 (H8799) personally H6310...
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‘And they said, “We will call the young woman and ask what she has
to say.” And they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go
with this man?” And she said, “I will go”.'
The first acceptance of th...
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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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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 24:50. 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.”...
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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...
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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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Genesis 24:57...
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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...
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Call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth — As children ought not to
marry without their parents consent, so parents ought not to marry
them without their own. Before the matter is resolved on, ask at...