They had already agreed that Rebekah would go. But they asked Rebekah whether she would go immediately. Rebekah’s answer meant that she wanted to go. And it meant that she did not want to delay for several days.
Verse 58. _WILT THOU GO WITH THIS MAN?_] So it appears it was left _ultimately_ to the choice of Rebekah whether she would accept the proposals now made to her, unless we suppose that the question mea...
- 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...
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, ...
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...
_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....
THE MARRIAGE OF ISAAC AND REBEKAH A charming picture of patriarchal marriage customs. It is very characteristic of the Primitive source....
WILT THOU GO WITH THIS MAN? AND SHE SAID, I WILL GO] 'In W. Asia marriage consists in the betrothal or the contract, sometimes written, but more commonly verbal, of the parties concerned, after which...
WILT THOU GO WITH THIS MAN? — A woman in the East has little choice in the matter of her marriage, and here, moreover, everything was so plainly providential, that Rebekah, like her father and brother...
וַ יִּקְרְא֤וּ לְ רִבְקָה֙ וַ יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלֶ
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...
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...
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...
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...
_I will go, without delay, being well convinced that the good steward was directed by God. Hence she was guilty of no imprudence or levity, in yielding herself up to the divine will, and consenting so...
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...
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...
_‘FORGET THINE OWN PEOPLE!’_ ‘And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.’ Genesis 24:58 Many Christians believe the great end and aim of life i...
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...
AND THEY CALLED REBEKAH,.... Or ordered her to be called by one of the servants: AND SAID UNTO HER, WILT THOU GO WITH THIS MAN? that is, directly; the question was not about her marriage of Isaac, th...
And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. Ver. 58. _I will go._] Christ's Hephzibah is no less willing to go with him: he toucheth her heart, an...
[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,...
And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. Her simple, characteristically determined and vigorous answer included both her consent to the marriage...
REBEKAH CONSENTS TO BECOME ISAAC'S BRIDE...
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
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 24:58 called H7121 (H8799) Rebekah H7259 said H559 (H8799) go H3212 (H8799) man H376 said...
‘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...
Genesis 24:58 Many Christians believe the great end and aim of life is that they may obtain salvation. But God never created us merely that we might be saved. Had that been His object, He would have a...
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...
_They called Rebekah and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man?_ And she said, I will go THE SUCCESS OF THE MARRIAGE TREATY I. DUE TO THE MANIFEST INTERPOSITION OF PROVIDENCE (Genesis 24:50)....
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 24:50. 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.”...
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...
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,...
Psalms 45:10 Psalms 45:11 Luke 1:38...
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...