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Verse 59. _AND HER NURSE_] Whose name, we learn from Genesis 35:8, was
_Deborah_, and who, as a second mother, was deemed proper to accompany
Rebekah. This was a measure dictated by good sense and pru...
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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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HER NURSE— Whose name (we learn, ch. Genesis 35:8.) was Deborah. She
was the principal female attendant upon Rebekah, but not the only one,
see Genesis 24:61 as Eliezer was the principal, but not the...
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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 THEY SENT AWAY REBEKAH THEIR SISTER, AND HER NURSE, AND ABRAHAM'S
SERVANT, AND HIS MEN._
Her nurse. A lady of rank is, on her marriage, always accompanied by
a nurse, who, as a confidential serv...
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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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HER NURSE] Deborah. Her death is mentioned in Genesis 35:8. In Genesis
29:24; Genesis 29:29 we have other instances that a handmaid formed
part, if not all, of the bride's dowry....
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The nurse was called Deborah. (See Genesis 35:8.)
V62 Meanwhile, Isaac had left Beer-lahai-roi and he was in the Negeb.
V63 Isaac went out into the field in the evening in order to think
quietly. The...
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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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THEIR SISTER. — Bethuel may have had other sons, though Laban only
is mentioned.
HER NURSE. — How dear Deborah was, first to Rebekah, and afterwards
to Jacob, may be seen by the lamentation at her de...
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וַֽ יְשַׁלְּח֛וּ אֶת ־רִבְקָ֥ה
אֲחֹתָ֖ם וְ אֶ
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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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REBEKAH BECOMES ISAAC'S WIFE
The family then sent Rebekah away with her nurse and maids by her
side. They blessed her, saying, "Our sister, may you become the mother
of thousands of ten thousands; an...
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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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59._And they sent away Rebekah_. Moses first relates, that Rebekah was
honorably dismissed; because her nurse was given unto her. Moreover, I
doubt not that they had domestic nurses, who were their ha...
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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 SENT AWAY REBEKAH THEIR SISTER,.... Not in a pet or angry
humour, but with good will; they agreed she should go, and took their
leave in a very honourable and affectionate manner. This is to...
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And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's
servant, and his men.
Ver. 59. _And her nurse._] Deborah, who was a great stay to Jacob's
family, and her loss much lamented. Gen...
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_Rebekah and her nurse_ Deborah, as appears from chap. Genesis 35:8;
where we learn that she was held in great esteem, as indeed nurses in
general were in ancient times, both in Asia and in Greece....
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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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And they sent away Rebekah, their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's
servant, and his men. Laban again being represented as the chief
person acting for Bethuel and his wife, Rebekah is formally dism...
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REBEKAH CONSENTS TO BECOME ISAAC'S BRIDE...
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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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HER NURSE was _Deborah, _ by comparing GENESIS 35:8. In this corrupt
family, the mother and the nurse are two distinct persons; but in
Abraham's pious family there was no such principle or practice. S...
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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 24:59 away H7971 (H8762) Rebekah H7259 sister H269 nurse H3243
(H8688) Abrahams H85 servant H5650 men...
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‘And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and nurse (called Deborah,
see Genesis 35:8), and Abraham's servant and his men. And they blessed
Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother...
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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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their. Genesis 24:50 Genesis 24:53 Genesis 24:60 nurse. Genesis 35:8...
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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...