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Verse Genesis 24:60. _BE THOU THE MOTHER OF THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS_]
לאלפי רבבה _lealphey rebabah_, for thousands ten thousand, or
_for myriads_ _of thousands_, a large family being ever considered, i...
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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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_And they blessed Rebekah_ The farewell blessing and good wishes of
the family referred in Oriental fashion to the two objects of desire,
(1) that she should be the mother of many descendants; and (2)...
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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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THEY BLESSED REBEKAH— They, i.e._._ her mother, brethren, and all
the rest of her family and kindred, by way of tender adieu, pray God
to bless her with a _numerous_ and a _glorious_ posterity, which...
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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 BLESSED REBEKAH, AND SAID UNTO HER, THOU ART OUR SISTER, BE
THOU THE MOTHER OF THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS, AND LET THY SEED POSSESS THE
GATE OF THOSE WHICH HATE THEM._
And they blessed Rebekah....
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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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THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS. — Heb., _thousands of ten thousands._ A
million was a number which at this early period the Hebrews had no
means of expressing. The blessing contains two parts: the first, the
h...
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וַ יְבָרֲכ֤וּ אֶת ־רִבְקָה֙ וַ
יֹּ֣אמְרוּ לָ֔
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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 they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be
thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess
the (d) gate of those which hate them.
(d) That is, let the...
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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 THEY BLESSED REBEKAH,.... That is, her parents and her friends,
they wished the best and choicest of blessings might descend upon her:
AND SAID UNTO HER, THOU [ART] OUR SISTER; the Targum of Jona...
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And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be
thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess
the gate of those which hate them.
Ver. 60. _Be thou the mo...
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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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REBEKAH CONSENTS TO BECOME ISAAC'S BRIDE...
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And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, thou art our sister, be
thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the
gate of those which hate them. That the number of Rebekah's...
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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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THOU ART OUR SISTER, i.e. our near kinswoman; distance of place shall
not alienate our affections from thee, but we shall still own thee as
our sister, and, as far as we can, be ready to perform all t...
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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 24:60 blessed H1288 (H8762) Rebekah H7259 said H559 (H8799)
sister H269 you H859 of H1961 ...
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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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they. Genesis 1:28 Genesis 9:1 Genesis 14:19 Genesis 17:16 Genesis
28:3...
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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...