“ And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. ”
- 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. 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...
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
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.
The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah A charming picture of patriarchal marriage customs. It is very characteristic of the Primitive source.
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...
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...
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...
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...
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me . Genesis 24:5 .
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. Ver. 39. Preadventure the woman will not. ] Here he leaveth out, in his discretion, Abraham's charge. Gen 24:6 For that would...
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...
Abraham's Servant Entertained by Laban; Errand of Abraham's Servant. B. C. 1857. 29 An...
No text from Poole on this verse.
‘And I said to my master, “It may be that the woman will not follow me.” The steward now delicately makes clear that they recognise that the woman and her family have a free choice. They are not ma...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Eliezer states his errand
Genesis 24:5 Peradventure.
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...