Genesis 24:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: ”

• Genesis 24:37 - 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 24:37 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And my master made me swear, saying, (s) Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: (s) The Canaanites were cursed, and therefore the godly could...

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• Genesis 24:37 - 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 24:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

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• Genesis 24:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• Genesis 24:37 - 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 24:37 - 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 24:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Abraham's Servant Fulfills His Mission Genesis 24:28-49 This worthy man was almost garrulous about his master. Count the number of times in which he contrives to introduce those two words, “my...

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• Genesis 24:37 - 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 24:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 bef...

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• Genesis 24:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And my master made me swear ,.... Genesis 24:3 . In Genesis 24:37 , the servant relates the oath his master made him take, and the charge he gave him, much in the same language as in Genesis 24:...

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• Genesis 24:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: Ver. 37. See Trapp on " Gen 24:3 " See Trapp on " Gen 24:4...

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• Genesis 24:37 - 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 24:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Abraham's Servant Entertained by Laban; Errand of Abraham's Servant. B. C. 1857.       29 An...

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• Genesis 24:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Genesis 24:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And my master made me swear saying, “You will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell, but you will go to my father's house, and to my kindred, and take...

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• Genesis 24:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 24:32 . And he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels.] “It is plain that Laban is to be understood as having unsaddled and unloaded the camels,...

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• Genesis 24:37 - 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 24:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son The marriage treaty I. ITS RELIGIOUS ELEMENT. 1. The sense of instant duty. 2. A recognition of God’s gracious...

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• Genesis 24:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 mons...

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• Genesis 24:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Eliezer states his errand

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• Genesis 24:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  And my. Genesis 24:2-9 Genesis 6:2 Genesis 27:46 Ezra 9:1-3 Canaanites.

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• Genesis 24:37 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Over the Desert Sands Genesis 24:28-67 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 th...

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