Genesis 24:42 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: ”

Genesis 24:42 - 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 24:42 - 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 24:42 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

said. Eleazar repeats his prayer from memory, but inexactly. Who could have written the actual words (verses: Genesis 24:12-21 ) but the Holy Inspiring Spirit? He records both the prayer itself an...
Genesis 24:42 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: O Lord God of my master - As Abraham was the friend of God, Eliezer makes use o...
Genesis 24:42 - 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.
Genesis 24:42 - 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 24:42 - 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 24:42 - 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...
Genesis 24:42 - 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 24:42 - 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...
Genesis 24:42 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I came this day unto the well ,.... Hither he was come at length by several days' journey; not on the same day he came from Abraham, as the Jewish writers say n, by means of a miracle: and sai...
Genesis 24:42 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: Ver. 42. And I came this day to the well. ] God's providences are carefully...
Genesis 24:42 - 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 24:42 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Abraham's Servant Entertained by Laban; Errand of Abraham's Servant. B. C. 1857. 29 An...
Genesis 24:42 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. The design or course in which I am engaged, as the word way is frequently used.
Genesis 24:42 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And I came this day to the spring, and said, “Oh Yahweh, God of my master Abraham, if now you prosper my way that I go, see, I am standing by the spring of water. And let it be that the young woman...
Genesis 24:42 - 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,...
Genesis 24:42 - 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 24:42 - 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...
Genesis 24:42 - 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...
Genesis 24:42 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Eliezer states his errand
Genesis 24:42 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

O Lord. Genesis 24:12-14 Acts 10:7 Acts 10:8 Acts 10:22 prosper. Genesis 24:12 Genesis 24:31 Genesis 39:3 Ezra 8:21 Nehemiah 1:11 Psalms 37:5 Psalms 90:17 Romans 1:10
Genesis 24:42 - 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...

Genesis 24:42 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 24:42 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:42 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 24:42 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 24:42 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 24:42 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:42 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 24:42 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 24:42 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 24:42 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 24:42 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 24:42 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 24:42 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:42 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 24:42 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 24:42 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:42 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 24:42 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 24:42 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 24:42 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 24:42 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 24:42 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 24:42 - Wells of Living Water Commentary