Genesis 24:59 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. ”

Genesis 24:59 - 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 24:59 - 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 24:59 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

59. And they sent away Rebekah. Moses first relates, that Rebekah was honorably dismissed; because her nurse was given unto her. Moreover, I doubt not that they had domestic nurses, who were...
Genesis 24:59 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. And her nurse - Whose name, we learn from Genesis 35:8 , was Deborah, and who, as a second mother, was dee...
Genesis 24:59 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Her nurse— Whose name (we learn, ch. Genesis 35:8 .) was Deborah. She was the principal female attendant upon Rebekah, but not the only one, see Genesis 24:61 as Eliezer was the principal, but n...
Genesis 24:59 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. Her nurse. A lady of rank is, on her marriage, always accompanied by a nurse, who, as a confidentia...
Genesis 24:59 - 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 24:59 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Their sister. — Bethuel may have had other sons, though Laban only is mentioned. Her nurse. — How dear Deborah was, first to Rebekah, and afterwards to Jacob, may be seen by the lamentation at h...
Genesis 24:59 - 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 24:59 - 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 24:59 - 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 24:59 - 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 24:59 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they sent away Rebekah their sister ,.... Not in a pet or angry humour, but with good will; they agreed she should go, and took their leave in a very honourable and affectionate manner. This is...
Genesis 24:59 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. Ver. 59. And her nurse. ] Deborah, who was a great stay to Jacob's family, and her loss much lamented. G...
Genesis 24:59 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Rebekah and her nurse Deborah, as appears from chap. Genesis 35:8 ; where we learn that she was held in great esteem, as indeed nurses in general were in ancient times, both in Asia and in Greece....
Genesis 24:59 - 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 24:59 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Rebekah's Departure. B. C. 1857. 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that w...
Genesis 24:59 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Her nurse was Deborah, by comparing Genesis 35:8 . In this corrupt family, the mother and the nurse are two distinct persons; but in Abraham's pious family there was no such principle or prac...
Genesis 24:59 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and nurse (called Deborah, see Genesis 35:8 ), and Abraham's servant and his men. And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the moth...
Genesis 24:59 - 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 24:59 - 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 24:59 - 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 24:59 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Rebekah Consents to Become Isaac's Bride
Genesis 24:59 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

their. Genesis 24:50 Genesis 24:53 Genesis 24:60 nurse. Genesis 35:8 Numbers 11:12 1 Thessalonians 2:5
Genesis 24:59 - 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 24:59 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 24:59 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:59 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:59 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 24:59 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 24:59 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 24:59 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:59 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 24:59 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 24:59 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 24:59 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 24:59 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 24:59 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 24:59 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 24:59 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 24:59 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:59 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 24:59 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 24:59 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 24:59 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 24:59 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 24:59 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 24:59 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 24:59 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 24:59 - Wells of Living Water Commentary