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Verse Genesis 24:62. _AND ISAAC CAME_] Concerning this _well_ see
Genesis 16:13-1, c. As it appears from Genesis 25:11, that Isaac dwelt
at the well _Lahai-roi_, it has been conjectured that he had n...
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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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WELL. spring. Hebrew. _beer._ See note on Genesis 21:19.
LAHAI-ROI. Hebrew. _the well of life and vision._...
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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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_from the way_ The reading of LXX, _through the wilderness_, is
supported by the Samaritan, and gives a good meaning. Isaac had been
dwelling in the Negeb, and had now come, "through the wilderness,...
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ISAAC CAME FROM THE WAY, &C.— It appears from this passage, compared
with the next chapter, Genesis 24:11 that Isaac at this time _dwelt at
Lahai-roi:_ so that he had now come thence to visit his fath...
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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 ISAAC CAME FROM THE WAY OF THE WELL LAHAI-ROI; FOR HE DWELT IN
THE SOUTH COUNTRY._
Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi. It was situated in the
Negeb (south country), that extensive pas...
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24:62 from (c-6) Lit. 'came from coming to.' Beer-lahai-roi; (d-7) See
ch. 16.14....
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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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LAHAIROI] near Beer-sheba: see Genesis 16:14....
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The Negeb is the southern part of the country that is called *Canaan....
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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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THE WELL LAHAI-ROI. — Hagar’s well (Genesis 16:14), situated in
the “south country,” that is, the Negeb (see Genesis 12:9). The
oasis round it became Isaac’s favourite residence (Genesis 25:11),
and w...
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וְ יִצְחָק֙ בָּ֣א מִ בֹּ֔וא בְּאֵ֥ר
לַחַ֖י רֹ
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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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_The well of Agar, not far from Bersabee._...
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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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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 ISAAC CAME FROM THE WAY OF THE WELL LAHAIROI,.... The well at
which the angel met with Hagar, when she fled from her mistress,
Genesis 16:7. The Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem say, that Isaac
c...
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And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the
south country.
Ver. 62. _The well Lahairoi._] Whereof see Genesis 16:14. To this well
there was, likely, some convenient walk fro...
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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 Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the
south country. It appears from this note that Isaac, at least, if not
his father as well, had journeyed down into the southern par...
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The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah...
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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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In the southern parts of Canaan, as GENESIS 12:9, at Beer-sheba,
whither it seems, Abraham returned after Sarah's death....
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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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‘And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi, for he dwelt in the
land of the South. And Isaac went out to contemplate in the open
country at eventide, and he lifted up his eyes, and behold there we...
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LAHAIROI
That is, "the well of him that liveth and seeth me." (Genesis 16:14);
(Genesis 25:11)....
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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 24:63. To meditate.] Onkelos has _to pray,_ and the LXX. _to
exercise himself, i.e.,_ religiously, to employ his mind and heart in
devout contemplation. The Heb. word occurs...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 24:61
AND REBEKAH AROSE, AND HER DAMSELS,—probably a company, at least
two, though Laban afterwards only gave each of his daughters one
(Genesis 29:24,...
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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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Lahai-roi. Genesis 16:14 Genesis 25:11 south. Genesis 12:9...
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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...