Genesis 24:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. ”

Genesis 24:4 - 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 24:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But thou shalt go unto my (c) country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. (c) He did not want his son to marry out of the godly family: for the problems that come from marrying th...
Genesis 24:4 - 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 24:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

my kindred. Gentiles thus expressly excluded from this chapter, if regarded as. type. Compare verses: Genesis 24:3 ; Genesis 24:4 ; Genesis 24:7 , Gen 3:37, Gen 3:38. See also Genesis 26:35 ;...
Genesis 24:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. But thou shalt go unto my country and to my kindred. It seems that, in the choice of the place, Abraham was influenced by the thought, that a wife would more willingly come from thence to...
Genesis 24:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 39 MARRIAGE OF ISAAC Genesis 24:2-4 . And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: and I will mak...
Genesis 24:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. My country - Mesopotamia, called here Abraham's country, because it was the place where the family of Haran, h...
Genesis 24:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Genesis 24:4 - 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 24:4 - 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 24:4 - 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...
Genesis 24:4 - 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 24:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. Some have thought, that as Isaac was in many respects a type of the blessed Jesus, what is said here, in refe...
Genesis 24:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But thou shalt go unto my country ,.... Not Canaan, which though his by promise, yet not in possession, but Mesopotamia, as appears from Genesis 24:10 ; which taken largely included the Chaldea, se...
Genesis 24:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. Ver. 4. But thou shalt go unto my country, &c. ] Nahor's stock were neither pure in religion nor precis...
Genesis 24:4 - 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 24:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Abraham's Charges to His Servant. B. C. 1857. 1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken...
Genesis 24:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My country, i.e. Mesopotomia, Genesis 24:10 , which being largely taken for the country between those two famous rivers Euphrates and Tigris, from which situation it hath that name; so Chaldea,...
Genesis 24:4 - 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...
Genesis 24:4 - 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...
Genesis 24:4 - 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 24:4 - 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...
Genesis 24:4 - 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...
Genesis 24:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Preparation for the Journey
Genesis 24:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

to my kindred. Genesis 11:25 #ff. Genesis 12:1 Genesis 12:7 Genesis 22:20-23 Genesis 28:2 There does not appear in all this concern the least taint of
Genesis 24:4 - 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 24:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 24:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 24:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 24:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Genesis 24:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 24:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 24:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 24:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 24:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 24:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 24:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 24:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 24:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 24:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 24:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 24:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 24:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 24:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 24:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 24:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 24:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 24:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary