Genesis 24:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. ”

• Genesis 24:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - 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 Isaa...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 toget...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  old. About 140 years old. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

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• Genesis 24:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  1. And Abraham was old. (1) Moses passes onwards to the relation of Isaac’s marriage, because indeed Abraham, perceiving himself to be worn down by old age, would take care that his son sho...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. And Abraham was old - He was now about one hundred and forty years of age, and consequently Isaac was...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And Abraham was old, &c.— A hundred and forty. Compare ch. Genesis 21:5 with Genesis 25:20 .

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• Genesis 24:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. And Abraham was old and well stricken, ... His anxiety to see his son married was natural to his...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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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• Genesis 24:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  XXIV. MARRIAGE OF ISAAC AND REBEKAH. (1) Abraham was old. — As Isaac was thirty-seven years of age when Sarah died ( Genesis 23:1 ), and forty at his marriage ( Genesis 25:20 ), Abraham, who was...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  ISAAC'S MARRIAGE Genesis 24:1-67 "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 twen...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  a Wife Sought for Isaac Genesis 24:1-9 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 Malac...

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• Genesis 24:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 Is...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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....

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• Genesis 24:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age ,.... Being now one hundred and forty years of age, for as he was an hundred years old when Isaac was born, and Isaac was forty years of age when he m...

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• Genesis 24:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. Ver. 1. And Abraham was old. ] Non tam canis et annis, quam virtutibus et sapientia gravis , as on...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Abraham was old One hundred and forty years of age, as appears by comparing Genesis 21:5 , with Genesis 25:20 . This was about three years after Sarah's death, and when Isaac was forty years ol...

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• Genesis 24:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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 wo...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Abraham's Charges to His Servant. B. C. 1857.       1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  GENESIS CHAPTER 24 Abraham's age and prosperity, Genesis 24:1 . He makes his eldest servant swear not to take a wife for his son Isaac of the Canaanites, but of his own kindred, Genesis 24:2-4...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And Abraham was old and well stricken in age, and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.' This is a brief summary of Abraham's life which is now coming to its end. It deliberately emphasises th...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

  And Abraham The entire chapter is highly typical: (1) Abraham, type of a certain king who would make a marriage for his son ( Matthew 22:2 ); ( John 6:44 ). (2) the unnamed servant, type...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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 s...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Genesis 24:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 pr...

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• Genesis 24:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 )— and the Lord —Jeho...

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• Genesis 24:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  And Abraham was old and well stricken in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. He was now one hundred and forty years old, and felt the coming on of the infirmities of old age. It was...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  was old. Genesis 18:11 Genesis 21:5 Genesis 25:20 1 Kings 1:1 Luke 1:7 well stricken in age. Heb. gone into days. blessed. Genesis 24:35 Genesis 12:2 Genesis 13:2 Genesis 49:25 Psa...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Seeking a Wife for Isaac Genesis 24:1-26 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. Ge...

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• Genesis 24:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Abraham's pious care concerning his son was, that he should not marry with a daughter of Canaan, but with one of his kindred because he saw, the Canaanites were degenerating into great wickedness,...

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