Genesis 24:1

old. About 140 years old.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

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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 t...
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, bu...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. And Abraham was old. (1) Moses passes onwards to the relation of Isaac’s marriage, because indeed Abraham, perceiving himself to be worn...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. And Abraham was old - He was now about one hundred a...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And Abraham was old, &c.— A hundred and forty. Compare ch. Genesis 21:5 with Genesis 25:20 .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. And Abraham was old and well stricken, ... His...
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.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXIV. MARRIAGE OF ISAAC AND REBEKAH. (1) Abraham was old. — As Isaac was thirty-seven years of age when Sarah died ( Genesis 23:1 ), and forty a...
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...
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...
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 u...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The subject still continues, of Abraham's history. Every circumstance relating to the Patriarch becomes important, and as such the Holy Gho...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age ,.... Being now one hundred and forty years of age, for as he was an hundred years old when Isaac wa...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. Ver. 1. And Abraham was old. ] Non tam canis et...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Abraham was old One hundred and forty years of age, as appears by comparing Genesis 21:5 , with Genesis 25:20 . This was about three years afte...
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 se...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Abraham's Charges to His Servant. B. C. 1857....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

GENESIS CHAPTER 24 Abraham's age and prosperity, Genesis 24:1 . He makes his eldest servant swear not to take a wife for his son Isaac of the Ca...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Abraham was old and well stricken in age, and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.' This is a brief summary of Abraham's life which is no...
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 ....
Scofield Reference Notes

And Abraham The entire chapter is highly typical: (1) Abraham, type of a certain king who would make a marriage for his son ( Matthew 22:2...
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....
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 vi...
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,...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Abraham was old and well stricken in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. He was now one hundred and forty years old, and felt th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Preparation for the Journey
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

was old. Genesis 18:11 Genesis 21:5 Genesis 25:20 1 Kings 1:1 Luke 1:7 well stricken in age. Heb. gone into days. blessed. Genesis 24:35...
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,...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Abraham's pious care concerning his son was, that he should not marry with a daughter of Canaan, but with one of his kindred because he saw, the Ca...

¹ And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 24:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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