Genesis 24:50 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. ”

Genesis 24:50 - 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 24:50 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, (b) The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. (b) As soon as they perceived that it was God's ordinance they yielded.
Genesis 24:50 - 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 24:50 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

50. The thing proceedeth from the Lord. Whereas they are convinced by the discourse of the man, that God was the Author of this marriage, they avow that it would be unlawful for them to offer...
Genesis 24:50 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. Laban and Bethuel - These seem both to be brothers, of whom Laban was the eldest a...
Genesis 24:50 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Speak unto thee bad or good— We cannot contradict thee in any thing respecting this matter. It is a Hebrew phrase. REFLECTIONS.— 1. In consequence of what had passed at the well, Laban, Rebekah'...
Genesis 24:50 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. Then Laban and Bethuel answered. The brothers conduct all the marriage neg...
Genesis 24:50 - 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 24:50 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Laban and Bethuel. — See Note on Genesis 24:28 . Even when thus tardily mentioned, the father is placed after the brother; and of this we need look for no further explanation than that by polygamy...
Genesis 24:50 - 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 24:50 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Rebekah Marries Isaac Genesis 24:50-67 Rebekah's relatives recognized the hand of God in what had taken place, and could not demur. The maiden herself was not asked, according to Oriental custo...
Genesis 24:50 - 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 24:50 - 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 24:50 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Laban and Bethuel answered ,.... The order of the words in the original is, "then answered Laban and Bethuel"; the word for "answered" is in the singular number, from whence it may be concluded...
Genesis 24:50 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. Ver. 50. Laban and Bethuel. ] Laban, the young master, was the great doer in th...
Genesis 24:50 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The thing proceedeth from the Lord He, in his providence, evidently favoured it, and therefore they properly concluded that it was his will; which is the only safe rule of conduct in all cases. And...
Genesis 24:50 - 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 24:50 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Abraham's Servant Entertained by Laban; Errand of Abraham's Servant. B. C. 1857. 29 An...
Genesis 24:50 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Laban is put first, either because this Bethuel was not his father, but his younger brother, as Josephus thinks; or because Laban was the chief manager of this business, to whom his father seems to h...
Genesis 24:50 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, “The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We cannot speak to you good or bad.” This is the decisive turning point. The decision is made. Laban acknowledges that Ya...
Genesis 24:50 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 24:50 . The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto the bad or good.] Heb. “The word cometh forth from Jehovah; we are not able to speak unto thee bad or g...
Genesis 24:50 - 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 24:50 - 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 24:50 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord; we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. The entire matter had so evidently progressed to this point under the direct guida...
Genesis 24:50 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Laban. See Genesis 24:15 Genesis 24:28 Genesis 24:53 Genesis 24:55 Genesis 24:60 The thing. Psalms 118:23 Matthew 21:42 Mark 12:11 we. Genesis 31:24 Genesis 31:29 2 Samuel 13:22...
Genesis 24:50 - 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 24:50 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The thing proceedeth from the Lord — Providence smiles upon it, and we have nothing to say against it. A marriage is then likely to be comfortable when it appears to proceed from the Lord.

Genesis 24:50 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 24:50 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 24:50 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:50 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:50 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 24:50 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 24:50 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 24:50 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:50 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 24:50 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 24:50 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 24:50 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 24:50 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 24:50 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 24:50 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 24:50 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 24:50 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:50 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 24:50 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 24:50 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:50 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 24:50 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 24:50 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 24:50 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 24:50 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 24:50 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 24:50 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes