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Genesis 24:1 open_in_new
old. About 140 years old.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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Genesis 24:2 open_in_new
eldest servant. Probably Eleazar of Dan 15:2.
thigh. According to the Midrash and ancient Jewish expositors,. Euphemism (App-6) for the organs of generation, as most sacred. According to Ibn Ezra and present Indian custom, on the thigh is. token of subjection.
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Genesis 24:3 open_in_new
God. Hebrew. Elohim.
Canaanites. Mixed with the Nephilim. App-23.
I. Emph. in contrast with the Canaanites. Hence Abraham's horror of mixing the holy seed with that of the Nephilim.
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Genesis 24:4 open_in_new
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 27:46; Genesis 28:1; Genesis 28:8.
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Genesis 24:7 open_in_new
heaven. The Septuagint reads: "heaven, and God of the earth. "See App-4.
father's house, and from the land of my kindred. The Severus Codex reads: "from my house and from my country, "as in Genesis 24:4. See App-34.
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Genesis 24:10 open_in_new
arose. amounted.
Mesopotamia Hebrew. Aram-naharaim, i.e. Aram of the two rivers (the Tigris and Euphrates). The country of Haran. Genesis 11:31.
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Genesis 24:13 open_in_new
well. spring. Hebrew. 'ayin. See note on Genesis 21:19.
come out. Hebrew are coming out.
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Genesis 24:14 open_in_new
pitcher. Still used in Palestine as in John 4:28.
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Genesis 24:15 open_in_new
before he had done speaking. Compare Isaiah 65:24.
Rebekah. Hebrew captivating.
born to Bethuel. See App-29.
Bethuel. Hebrew separated of God.
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Genesis 24:16 open_in_new
virgin. Hebrew. bethulah. Compare Genesis 24:43. See note on Genesis 24:43.
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Genesis 24:21 open_in_new
wondering: or eagerly watching her.
to wit. to know.
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Genesis 24:22 open_in_new
golden. Hebrew of gold. Genitive of material. App-17.
earring. Probably. nose (or "face") ring. See Genesis 24:47.
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Genesis 24:24 open_in_new
Nahor. See App-29. Rebekah his granddaughter; but old enough to marry Isaac, because Sarah was "well stricken in years" when Isaac was born (Genesis 18:11; Genesis 18:12). Compare Genesis 24:36.
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Genesis 24:29 open_in_new
Laban. See App-29.
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Genesis 24:30 open_in_new
when he saw. Characteristic of Laban. Rebekah showed kindness before she saw.
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Genesis 24:31,32 open_in_new
he, i.e. Laban.
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Genesis 24:35 open_in_new
And. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton, App-6, to emphasize all the items which went to make up Abraham's wealth. Twelve "ands" (3. 4. 12). abundance of earthly wealth. See App-10.
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Genesis 24:40 open_in_new
I walk. I walk habitually. Hebrew verb in Hithpael.
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Genesis 24:42 open_in_new
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 and Eleazar's remembrance of it.
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Genesis 24:43 open_in_new
virgin. Hebrew. 'almah. Every bethulah is an 'ahnah, but every 'almah is not. bethulah: 'almah Occurs. times, Genesis 24:43 (first occurance). Exodus 2:8; Psalms 68:25.Proverbs 30:19; Song of Solomon 1:3; Song of Solomon 6:8; Isaiah 7:14. Bethulah Occurs 49 times (App-10).
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Genesis 24:47 open_in_new
face or nose. Compare Genesis 24:22.
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Genesis 24:48 open_in_new
led me in the right way. Compare Psalms 107:7.
daughter. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Species), App-6, daughter put for granddaughter.
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Genesis 24:53 open_in_new
raiment: or garments; i.e. changes of raiment.
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Genesis 24:55 open_in_new
ten. Seven days. a week, but ten or. decad (1/3 of. month) sometimes reckoned as. longer, but strictly defined period. Compare Exodus 12:3.Leviticus 16:29.
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Genesis 24:62 open_in_new
well. spring. Hebrew. beer. See note on Genesis 21:19.
Lahai-roi. Hebrew. the well of life and vision.
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Genesis 24:63 open_in_new
meditate. Refers back to the historical context, Genesis 23:19, the death and burial of Sarah, his mother. What follows this digression (of which Isaac as yet knew nothing) in Genesis 24:1-67 shows that Isaac went out, not to "meditate", or "to pray" (Authorized Version margin), or "take. walk" (Syriac), or "muster the flocks" (Gesenius), but to mourn. This is the meaning of the Hebrew suach. in Psalms 44:25.Lamentations 3:20.
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Genesis 24:64 open_in_new
lighted off. Hebrew. fell, or alighted hastily.
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Genesis 24:67 open_in_new
comforted after, or consoled himself for.