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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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_thou shalt be clear from this my oath_ Cf. Genesis 24:41. The word
"clear" is used in the sense of "innocent," or "guiltless," as in
Joshua 2:17, "we will be guiltless of this thine oath." "Clear" in...
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Abraham's Commission to his Servant
1. _well stricken in age_ Cf. Genesis 18:11. The Hebrew phrase means
"going in days," just as we should say "advanced in years." Cf. Luke
1:7.
_had blessed_ Cf. G...
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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 IF THE WOMAN WILL NOT BE WILLING TO FOLLOW THEE, THEN THOU SHALT
BE CLEAR FROM THIS MY OATH: ONLY BRING NOT MY SON THITHER AGAIN._
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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וְ אִם ־לֹ֨א תֹאבֶ֤ה הָֽ אִשָּׁה֙ לָ
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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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A WIFE SOUGHT FOR ISAAC
Genesis 24:1
It is all-important that the children of God's people should marry
only in the Lord. See 1 Corinthians 7:39. So only can we hope to
perpetuate, as Malachi teaches...
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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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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...
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And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt
be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again. And
the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master...
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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 IF THE WOMAN WILL NOT BE WILLING TO FOLLOW THEE,.... Or "but" if
m, which is said by Abraham, not as doubting she would be willing, of
which he was satisfied, being persuaded that that God that ha...
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And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt
be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
Ver. 8. _Only bring not my son thither again._] This second time...
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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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The Preparation for the Journey...
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And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt
be clear from this my oath; only bring not my son thither again. This
was for the sake of reassuring the timid servant. If believer...
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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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1-9 The effect of good example, good teaching, and the worship of God
in a family, will generally appear in the piety, faithfulness,
prudence, and affection of the servants. To live in such families,...
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THOU SHALT BE CLEAR from the obligation of this oath, and from the
penalties of the violation of it....
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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 Abraham said to him, “You beware that you do not bring my son
there again. Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's
house and from my native land, and who spoke to me, and who swor...
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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...
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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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_Thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the
Canaanites, among whom I dwell: but thou shalt go unto my country, and
to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac_
ABRAHAM’S PROV...
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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 24:1. And Abraham was old.] He was now in his hundred and
fortieth year. (See ch. Genesis 25:20.)
GENESIS 24:2. ELDEST SERVANT OF HIS HOUSE.] Heb. “His servant, the
elder of...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 24:1
AND ABRAHAM WAS OLD AND WELL STRICKEN IN AGE:—literally, [_lone into
days _(cf. Genesis 18:11), being now about 140 (_vide_ Genesis 25:20)
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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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clear. Numbers 30:5 Numbers 30:8 Joshua 2:17 Joshua 9:20 John 8:32
only....
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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...