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Verse Genesis 24:63. _ISAAC WENT OUT TO MEDITATE_] לשוח _lasuach_,
to bend down the body, or the mind, or both. He was probably in deep
thought, with his eyes fixed upon the ground. What the subject o...
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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...
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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. The gi...
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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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MEDITATE. Refers back to the historical context, Genesis 23:19, the
death and burial of Sarah, his mother. What follows this digression
(of which Isaac as yet knew nothing) in Genesis 24:1 shows that...
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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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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 WENT OUT TO MEDITATE IN THE FIELD AT THE EVENTIDE: AND HE
LIFTED UP HIS EYES, AND SAW, AND, BEHOLD, THE CAMELS WERE COMING._
Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide - [Hebr...
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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 Abr...
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TO MEDITATE. — Many Jewish commentators translate _to pray,_ and
derive one of the three Jewish forms of prayer from this act of Isaac.
But though the verb is rare, the substantive is used in Psalms 1...
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וַ יֵּצֵ֥א יִצְחָ֛ק לָ שׂ֥וּחַ בַּ †
שָּׂדֶ֖ה לִ פְנֹ֣ות עָ֑רֶב וַ
יִּשָּׂ֤א עֵינָיו֙...
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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 Isaac went out to (e) meditate in the field at the eventide: and
he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels [were] coming.
(e) This was the habit of the godly fathers to meditate on...
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_To meditate on the obligations of the state on which he was about to
enter, and on other pious subjects, free from noise and distraction.
(Haydock) --- In profane authors, the word used by the Septua...
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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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63._And Isaac went out_. It appears that Isaac dwelt apart from his
father; either because the family was too large, or because such was
the custom. And perhaps Abraham had already married another wif...
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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 WENT OUT TO MEDITATE IN THE FIELD AT EVENTIDE,.... Both the
time and place were very proper for meditation: the place, "in the
field": where he might view the works of nature, and be led to...
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And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he
lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels [were] coming.
Ver. 63. _To meditate in the field._] Or to pray; there he had...
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_He went out to meditate_ (or pray) _in the field at the even-tide_
Some think he expected his servants about this time, and went out on
purpose to meet them. But it should seem he went out to take th...
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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 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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TO MEDITATE:
Or, to pray...
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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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TO MEDITATE; to converse with God, and with himself, by pious and
profitable thoughts and ejaculations, and fervent prayers, as for
other things, so particularly for God's blessing upon this great
aff...
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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 24:63 Isaac H3327 out H3318 (H8799) meditate H7742 (H8800)
field H7704 evening H6153 H6437 (H8800) lifted H5375 (H8799) eyes
H5869 looked H7200 (H8799) camels H1581 coming H935 (H8802)
to medi...
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Genesis 24:63
Meditating was the same to Isaac that it is to us. Under all skies, in
all times, thought has flowed in the same channel and observed the
same laws. It is those who love to meditate tha...
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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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_Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide_
MEDITATION
Meditating was the same to Isaac that it is to us.
Under all skies, in all times, thought has flowed in the same channel
and obs...
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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, Genesis 29:29)—AND THEY ROD...
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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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to meditate. or, to pray. Joshua 1:8 Psalms 1:2 Psalms 77:11 Psalms
77:12 Psalms 104:34 Psalms 119:15 Psalms 139:17 Psalms 139:18 Psalms
143:5...
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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...
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He went out to meditate (or pray) in the field at the even tide —
Some think he expected his servants about this time, and went out on
purpose to meet them. But it should seem he went out to take the...