Genesis 24:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. ”

Genesis 24:17 - 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...
Genesis 24:17 - 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...
Genesis 24:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
Genesis 24:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder....
Genesis 24:17 - 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.
Genesis 24:17 - 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...
Genesis 24:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Rebekah Meets Abraham's Servant Genesis 24:10-27 As we enter upon a new day, or a fresh undertaking, it is always wise and right to ask for good-speed. Good-speed is God-speed. Praying times ar...
Genesis 24:17 - 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...
Genesis 24:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Genesis 24:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the servant ran to meet her ,.... He did not stop her as she went to the well, but stayed till she had been there and filled her pitcher, and then he made all the haste he could to meet her, in...
Genesis 24:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. Ver. 17. And the servant ran to meet her. ] For although he was at the well before, praying, Ge...
Genesis 24:17 - 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...
Genesis 24:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Journey of Abraham's Servant. B. C. 1857. 10 And the servant took ten camels of the ca...
Genesis 24:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Genesis 24:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 24:15 . Upon her shoulder.] This was the most graceful mode of carrying a pitcher when it was empty. Genesis 24:19 . Until they have done drinking. ] Kalisch remarks,...
Genesis 24:17 - 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...
Genesis 24:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out The finger of Providence in the appointment of a bride for Isaac I. IN THE PROMPT AND COMPLETE ANSWER GIVEN TO H...
Genesis 24:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 24:10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master,— to bear the presents for the bride, to enhance the dignity of his mission, and to serve as a means of...
Genesis 24:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Meeting with Rebekah
Genesis 24:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Let. 1 Kings 17:10 John 4:7 John 4:9 water of. Genesis 26:1-35 Isaiah 21:14 Isaiah 30:25 Isaiah 35:6 Isaiah 35:7 Isaiah 41:17 Isaiah 41:18 Isaiah 49:10
Genesis 24:17 - 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...

Genesis 24:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 24:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 24:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 24:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 24:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 24:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 24:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 24:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 24:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 24:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 24:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 24:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 24:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 24:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 24:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 24:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 24:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 24:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary