CONTENTS
The subject still continues, of Abraham's history. Every circumstance
relating to the Patriarch becomes important, and as such the Holy
Ghost hath been pleased to transmit it to the church. In this Chapter
we find the Patriarch engaged in making provision for the settlement
of his son Isaa... [ Continue Reading ]
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over
all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: And I will
make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the
earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of
the Canaanites, amon... [ Continue Reading ]
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife
unto my son Isaac.
Some have thought, that as Isaac was in many respects a type of the
blessed Jesus, what is said here, in reference to the servant's
embassy, to bring home a wife for Isaac, may shadow out the service of
ministe... [ Continue Reading ]
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be
willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again
unto the land from whence thou camest? And Abraham said unto him,
Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. The LORD God of
heaven, which took me from m... [ Continue Reading ]
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, and
sware to him concerning that matter. And the servant took ten camels
of the camels of his mast... [ Continue Reading ]
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of
water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to
draw water.
Kneeling is a method of giving rest to camels.... [ Continue Reading ]
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
maxim: the soul which begins in prayer, will find cause to end in
praise.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the
men of the city come out to draw water: And let it come to pass, that
the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee,
that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels
drink also: let the same... [ Continue Reading ]
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any
man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher,
and came up. And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray
thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. And she said, Drink, my
lord: and she hasted, a... [ Continue Reading ]
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again
unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. And the man
wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his
journey prosperous or not.
Reader! have you never found occasion in the review of God's... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man
took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for
her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; And said, Whose daughter art
thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us
to lodge in? And she sa... [ Continue Reading ]
And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out
unto the man, unto the well. And it came to pass, when he saw the
earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the
words of Rebekah his siste... [ Continue Reading ]
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 before him
to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand.
And he said, Speak on. An... [ Continue Reading ]
And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. And Isaac
brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she
became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his
mother's death.
REFLECTIONS
READER! If God, in his providence, hath called you to the anxious an... [ Continue Reading ]