Genesis 24:1, Abraham swears his servant; Genesis 24:10, The servant’s journey; Genesis 24:12, His prayer; Genesis 24:14, His sign; Genesis 24:15, Rebekah meets him; Genesis 24:18, fulfils his sign; Genesis 24:22, receives jewels; Genesis 24:23, shows her kindred; Genesis 24:25, and invites him home; Genesis 24:26, The servant blesses God; Genesis 24:29, Laban entertains him; Genesis 24:34, The servant shows his message; Genesis 24:50, Laban and Bethuel approve it; Genesis 24:58, Rebekah consents to go, and departs; Genesis 24:62, Isaac meets and marries her.
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Genesis 24 — OverviewGenesis 24 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleMarriages and funerals are the changes of families, and the common news
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I. The care he took of a good son, to get him married, well married. It
was high time to think of it now, for Isaac was about forty years old,
and it had…Genesis 24:1Genesis 24:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd Abraham was old and well stricken in age:—literally, [lone into days (cf. Genesis 18:11), being now about 140 (vide Genesis 25:20)—and the Lord—Jehovah] not because the chapter is the exclusive composition of the…Genesis 24:1-9Genesis 24:1-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONGenesis 24:1-9Genesis 24:1-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryA bride for the heir.-1. Abraham and Eliezer, or the mission for the bride.
I. THE TRUSTY MESSENGER.
1. His designation.
2. His qualification.
II. THE IMPORTANT COMMISSION.
1. The purport of it. "To take a wife for…