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Genesis 24:12-14

GENESIS—NOTE ON Genesis 24:12 The servant (like Abraham) has faith in the Lord and prays for guidance. The conditions he has set reveal that he seeks a wife who is generous and caring. The specific request in v. Genesis 24:14 is not the ordinary way to ask for guidance. Nevertheless, God graciously honors the request (compare Judges 6:36).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 24:12. _AND HE SAID, O LORD GOD, C._] "The conduct of this servant," says Dr. Dodd, "appears no less pious than rational. By supplicating for a sign, he acknowledges God to be the great...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • 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

    Rebekah at the Well 10. _ten camels_ The largeness of this retinue is intended (1) to impress strangers with the reality and value of the proposed connexion by marriage: (2) to provide for the adequa...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _O Lord, the God of my master_ Referring to Genesis 24:7. The servant, though possibly (Genesis 15:2) a native of Damascus, worships the God of Abraham; cf. Genesis 24:26....

  • 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

    _AND HE SAID, O LORD GOD OF MY MASTER ABRAHAM, I PRAY THEE, SEND ME GOOD SPEED THIS DAY, AND SHEW KINDNESS UNTO MY MASTER ABRAHAM._ And he said, O Lord God of my master ... send me good speed - liter...

  • 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

    Abraham had said to his servant, ‘Choose a wife for my son Isaac.’ (See verse 3.) And he had said, ‘Go to my family.’ (See verse 4.) The servant did not know how to choose. And he did not know how to...

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (12-14) O LORD GOD... — Heb., _Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham._ The word translated “master” throughout this chapter is _‘donai,_ the ordinary word for _lord,_ and it is so rendered in Genesis 24:18....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּאמַ֓ר ׀ יְהוָ֗ה אֱלֹהֵי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֔ם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • 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 he said, O (f) LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. (f) He grounds his prayer on God's promise made to his master....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. Observe the piety of the servant. Reader! set this down as a sure max...

  • 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

    12._O lord God of my master Abraham_. The servant, being destitute of counsel, retakes himself to prayers. Yet he does not simply ask counsel of the Lord; but he also prays that the maid appointed to...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. Ver. 12. _And he said, O Lord God._] Begin we all our enterprizes wit...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Gen. 24:12. Abraham's servant obtained a wife for his master's son, not merely by delivering his message, but by prayer joined with it. So the ministers of Christ win souls, not only by preaching, but...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Send me good speed_ What a noble example is here for all servants to imitate their masters in all goodness! Abraham's servant, we find, had not lived in his master's house without profiting by his ex...

  • 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,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he said, O Lord-God of my master Abraham, I pray Thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham. The prayer is directed to Jehovah in the name of Abraham, because Elie...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The arrival at Haran and the prayer at the well...

  • 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

    10-28 Abraham's servant devoutly acknowledged God. We have leave to be particular in recommending our affairs to the care of Divine providence. He proposes a sign, not that he intended to proceed no...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Or, _mercy._ He makes no mention of himself, nor of the merits of his master, but he ascribes even temporal blessings, and much more eternal salvation, merely to God's mercy....

  • 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 24:12 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 God H430 master H113 Abraham H85 give H6440 success H7136 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at eventide, the time when the women go out to draw water. And he said, “Oh Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, send me I pra...

  • 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

    _And the servant. .. departed._ THE EMBASSY OF ABRAHAM’S SERVANT I. HE USES ALL POSSIBLE HUMAN MEANS OF SUCCESS. II. HE EXPECTS DIVINE HELP. 1. His prayer to God for success (Genesis 24:12). 2. P...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 24:10. Mesopotamia.] The _Heb._ term is _Aram_ (or Syria) _of the two rivers_—the name for the district lying between the Euphrates and the Tigris. The _Gr_. name, _Mesopotami...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 24:10 AND THE SERVANT TOOK TEN CAMELS OF THE CAMELS OF HIS MASTER,—to bear the presents for the bride, to enhance the dignity of his mission, and to serve as a means of transport f...

  • 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

    O Lord. Genesis 24:27 Genesis 15:1 Genesis 17:7 Genesis 17:8 Genesis 26:24

  • 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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Send me good speed this day — We have leave to be particular in recommending our affairs to the care of Divine providence. Those that would have good speed must pray for it this day, in this affair. T...

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