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Verse	Translation	Text
Ge 24:1	Strong Concordance	And Abraham [085] was old [02204], and well stricken [0935] in age [03117]: and the LORD [03068] had blessed [01288] Abraham [085] in all things.
	King James	And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
A MARRIAGE COMMISSION. (Gen 24:1-9) And Abraham was old . . . take a wife--His anxiety to see his son married was natural to his position as a pastoral chief interested in preserving the honor of his tribe, and still more as a patriarch who had regard to the divine promise of a numerous posterity.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

A MARRIAGE COMMISSION. (Gen 24:1-9)

And Abraham was old . . . take a wife--His anxiety to see his son married was natural to his position as a pastoral chief interested in preserving the honor of his tribe, and still more as a patriarch who had regard to the divine promise of a numerous posterity.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
And Abraham The entire chapter is highly typical: (1) Abraham, type of a certain king who would make a marriage for his son (Mat 22:2); (Joh 6:44). (2) the unnamed servant, type of the Holy Spirit, who does not "speak of himself," but takes of the things of the Bridegroom with which to win the bride (Joh 16:13); (Joh 16:14). (3) the servant, type of the Spirit as enriching the bride with the Bridegroom's gifts (Gal 5:22); (Co1 12:7-11). (4) the servant, type of the Spirit as bringing the bride to the meeting with the Bridegroom (Act 13:4); (Act 16:6-7); (Rom 8:11); (Th1 4:14-16). (5) Rebekah, type of the Church, the ecclesia, the "called out" virgin bride of Christ (Gen 24:16); (Co2 11:2); (Eph 5:25-32). (6) Isaac, type of the Bridegroom, "whom not having seen," the bride loves through the testimony of the unnamed Servant (Pe1 1:8). (7) Isaac, type of the Bridegroom who goes out to meet and receive His bride (Gen 24:63); (Th1 4:14-16).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
After the death of Sarah, Abraham had still to arrange for the marriage of Isaac. He was induced to provide for this in a mode in harmony with the promise of God, quite as much by his increasing age as by the blessing of God in everything, which necessarily instilled the wish to transmit that blessing to a distant posterity. He entrusted this commission to his servant, "the eldest of his house," - i.e., his upper servant, who had the management of all his house (according to general opinion, to Eliezer, whom he had previously thought of as the heir of his property, but who would now, like Abraham, be extremely old, as more than sixty years had passed since the occurrence related in Gen 15:2), - and made him swear that he would not take a wife for his son from the daughters of the Canaanites, but would fetch one from his (Abraham's) native country, and his kindred. Abraham made the servant take an oath in order that his wishes might be inviolably fulfilled, even if he himself should die in the interim. In swearing, the servant put his hand under Abraham's hip. This custom, which is only mentioned here and in Gen 47:29, the so-called bodily oath, was no doubt connected with the significance of the hip as the part from which the posterity issued (Gen 46:26), and the seat of vital power; but the early Jewish commentators supposed it to be especially connected with the rite of circumcision. The oath was by "Jehovah, God of heaven and earth," as the God who rules in heaven and on earth, not by Elohim; for it had respect not to an ordinary oath, but to a question of great importance in relation to the kingdom of God. "Isaac was not regarded as a merely pious candidate for matrimony, but as the heir of the promise, who must therefore be kept from any alliance with the race whose possessions were to come to his descendants, and which was ripening for the judgment to be executed by those descendants" (Hengstenberg, Dissertations i. 350). For this reason the rest of the negotiation was all conducted in the name of Jehovah.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

After the death of Sarah, Abraham had still to arrange for the marriage of Isaac. He was induced to provide for this in a mode in harmony with the promise of God, quite as much by his increasing age as by the blessing of God in everything, which necessarily instilled the wish to transmit that blessing to a distant posterity. He entrusted this commission to his servant, "the eldest of his house," - i.e., his upper servant, who had the management of all his house (according to general opinion, to Eliezer, whom he had previously thought of as the heir of his property, but who would now, like Abraham, be extremely old, as more than sixty years had passed since the occurrence related in Gen 15:2), - and made him swear that he would not take a wife for his son from the daughters of the Canaanites, but would fetch one from his (Abraham's) native country, and his kindred. Abraham made the servant take an oath in order that his wishes might be inviolably fulfilled, even if he himself should die in the interim. In swearing, the servant put his hand under Abraham's hip. This custom, which is only mentioned here and in Gen 47:29, the so-called bodily oath, was no doubt connected with the significance of the hip as the part from which the posterity issued (Gen 46:26), and the seat of vital power; but the early Jewish commentators supposed it to be especially connected with the rite of circumcision. The oath was by "Jehovah, God of heaven and earth," as the God who rules in heaven and on earth, not by Elohim; for it had respect not to an ordinary oath, but to a question of great importance in relation to the kingdom of God. "Isaac was not regarded as a merely pious candidate for matrimony, but as the heir of the promise, who must therefore be kept from any alliance with the race whose possessions were to come to his descendants, and which was ripening for the judgment to be executed by those descendants" (Hengstenberg, Dissertations i. 350). For this reason the rest of the negotiation was all conducted in the name of Jehovah.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
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 Canaanites were degenerating into great wickedness, and knew, that they were designed for ruin: would not marry his son among them, lest they should be either a snare to his soul, or, at least, a blot to his name. Yet he would not go himself among his kindred, lest he should be tempted to settle there: this caution is given, Gen 24:6, and repeated, Gen 24:8. Parents, in disposing of their children, should carefully consult their furtherance in the way to heaven.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
And Abraham was old - He was now about one hundred and forty years of age, and consequently Isaac was forty, being born when his father was one hundred years old. See Gen 21:5; Gen 25:20.

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¹ And Abraham [085] was old [02204], and well stricken [0935] in age [03117]: and the LORD [03068] had blessed [01288] Abraham [085] in all things.
² And Abraham [085] said [0559] unto his eldest [02205] servant [05650] of his house [01004], that ruled over [04910] all that he had, Put [07760], I pray thee, thy hand [03027] under my thigh [03409]:
³ And I will make thee swear [07650] by the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of heaven [08064], and the God [0430] of the earth [0776], that thou shalt not take [03947] a wife [0802] unto my son [01121] of the daughters [01323] of the Canaanites [03669], among [07130] whom I dwell [03427]:
⁴ But thou shalt go [03212] unto my country [0776], and to my kindred [04138], and take [03947] a wife [0802] unto my son [01121] Isaac [03327].
⁵ And the servant [05650] said [0559] unto him, Peradventure the woman [0802] will not be willing [014] to follow [03212] me [0310] unto this land [0776]: must I needs bring [07725] thy son [01121] again [07725] unto the land [0776] from whence thou camest [03318]?
⁶ And Abraham [085] said [0559] unto him, Beware [08104] thou that thou bring [07725] not [06435] my son [01121] thither again [07725].
⁷ The LORD [03068] God [0430] of heaven [08064], which took me [03947] from my father's [01] house [01004], and from the land [0776] of my kindred [04138], and which spake [01696] unto me, and that sware [07650] unto me, saying [0559], Unto thy seed [02233] will I give [05414] this land [0776]; he shall send [07971] his angel [04397] before thee [06440], and thou shalt take [03947] a wife [0802] unto my son [01121] from thence.
⁸ And if the woman [0802] will not be willing [014] to follow [03212] thee [0310], then thou shalt be clear [05352] from this my oath [07621]: only bring [07725] not my son [01121] thither again [07725].
⁹ And the servant [05650] put [07760] his hand [03027] under the thigh [03409] of Abraham [085] his master [0113], and sware [07650] to him concerning [05921] that [02088] matter [01697].

¹⁴ For [1063] if [1487] we believe [4100] that [3754] Jesus [2424] died [599] and [2532] rose again [450], even so [3779] them also [2532] which sleep [2837] in [1223] Jesus [2424] will [71] God [2316] bring [71] with [4862] him [846].
¹⁵ For [1063] this [5124] we say [3004] unto you [5213] by [1722] the word [3056] of the Lord [2962], that [3754] we [2249] which [3588] are alive [2198] and remain [4035] unto [1519] the coming [3952] of the Lord [2962] shall [5348] not [3364] prevent [5348] them which [3588] are asleep [2837].
¹⁶ For [3754] the Lord [2962] himself [846] shall descend [2597] from [575] heaven [3772] with [1722] a shout [2752], with [1722] the voice [5456] of the archangel [743], and [2532] with [1722] the trump [4536] of God [2316]: and [2532] the dead [3498] in [1722] Christ [5547] shall rise [450] first [4412]:

⁶³ And Isaac [03327] went out [03318] to meditate [07742] in the field [07704] at [06437] the eventide [06153]: and he lifted up [05375] his eyes [05869], and saw [07200], and, behold, the camels [01581] were coming [0935].

⁸ Whom [3739] having [1492] not [3756] seen [1492] [1492], ye love [25]; in [1519] whom [3739], though now [737] ye see [3708] him not [3361], yet [1161] believing [4100], ye rejoice [21] with joy [5479] unspeakable [412] and [2532] full of glory [1392]:

²⁵ Husbands [435], love [25] your [1438] wives [1135], even as [2531] Christ [5547] also [2532] loved [25] the church [1577], and [2532] gave [3860] himself [1438] for [5228] it [846];
²⁶ That [2443] he [846] might sanctify [37] and cleanse it [2511] with the washing [3067] of water [5204] by [1722] the word [4487],
²⁷ That [2443] he might present [3936] it [846] to himself [1438] a glorious [1741] church [1577], not [3361] having [2192] spot [4696], or [2228] wrinkle [4512], or [2228] any [5100] such thing [5108]; but [235] that [2443] it should be [5600] holy [40] and [2532] without blemish [299].
²⁸ So [3779] ought [3784] men [435] to love [25] their [1438] wives [1135] as [5613] their own [1438] bodies [4983]. He that loveth [25] his [1438] wife [1135] loveth [25] himself [1438].
²⁹ For [1063] no man [3762] ever yet [4218] hated [3404] his own [1438] flesh [4561]; but [235] nourisheth [1625] and [2532] cherisheth [2282] it [846], even as [2531] [2532] the Lord [2962] the church [1577]:
³⁰ For [3754] we are [2070] members [3196] of his [846] body [4983], of [1537] his [846] flesh [4561], and [2532] of [1537] his [846] bones [3747].
³¹ For [473] this cause [5127] shall [2641] a man [444] leave [2641] his [846] father [3962] and [2532] mother [3384], and [2532] shall be joined [4347] unto [4314] his [846] wife [1135], and [2532] they two [1417] shall be [2071] one [1519] [3391] flesh [4561].
³² This [5124] is [2076] a great [3173] mystery [3466]: but [1161] I [1473] speak [3004] concerning [1519] Christ [5547] and [1519] [2532] the church [1577].

² For [1063] I am jealous [2206] over you [5209] with godly [2316] jealousy [2205]: for [1063] I have espoused [718] you [5209] to one [1520] husband [435], that I may present [3936] you as a chaste [53] virgin [3933] to Christ [5547].

¹⁶ And the damsel [05291] was very [03966] fair [02896] to look upon [04758], a virgin [01330], neither had any man [0376] known [03045] her: and she went down [03381] to the well [05869], and filled [04390] her pitcher [03537], and came up [05927].

¹¹ But [1161] if [1487] the Spirit [4151] of him that raised up [1453] Jesus [2424] from [1537] the dead [3498] dwell [3611] in [1722] you [5213], he that raised up [1453] Christ [5547] from [1537] the dead [3498] shall [2227] also [2532] quicken [2227] your [5216] mortal [2349] bodies [4983] by [1223] his [846] Spirit [4151] that dwelleth [1774] [1774] in [1722] you [5213].

⁶ Now [1161] when they had gone throughout [1330] Phrygia [5435] and [2532] the region [5561] of Galatia [1054], and were forbidden [2967] of [5259] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] to preach [2980] the word [3056] in [1722] Asia [773],
⁷ After they were come [2064] to [2596] Mysia [3465], they assayed [3985] to go [4198] into [2596] Bithynia [978]: but [2532] the Spirit [4151] suffered [1439] them [846] not [3756].

⁴ So [3303] [3767] they [3778], being sent forth [1599] by [5259] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151], departed [2718] unto [1519] Seleucia [4581]; and from [1564] thence [5037] they sailed [636] to [1519] Cyprus [2954].

⁷ But [1161] the manifestation [5321] of the Spirit [4151] is given [1325] to every man [1538] to [4314] profit withal [4851].
⁸ For [1063] to one [3739] [3303] is given [1325] by [1223] the Spirit [4151] the word [3056] of wisdom [4678]; [1161] to another [243] the word [3056] of knowledge [1108] by [2596] the same [846] Spirit [4151];
⁹ [1161] To another [2087] faith [4102] by [1722] the same [846] Spirit [4151]; [1161] to another [243] the gifts [5486] of healing [2386] by [1722] the same [846] Spirit [4151];
¹⁰ [1161] To another [243] the working [1755] of miracles [1411]; [1161] to another [243] prophecy [4394]; [1161] to another [243] discerning [1253] of spirits [4151]; [1161] to another [2087] divers kinds [1085] of tongues [1100]; [1161] to another [243] the interpretation [2058] of tongues [1100]:
¹¹ But [1161] all [3956] these [5023] worketh [1754] that one [1520] and [2532] the selfsame [846] Spirit [4151], dividing [1244] to every man [1538] severally [2398] as [2531] he will [1014].

²² But [1161] the fruit [2590] of the Spirit [4151] is [2076] love [26], joy [5479], peace [1515], longsuffering [3115], gentleness [5544], goodness [19], faith [4102],

¹⁴ He [1565] shall glorify [1392] me [1691]: for [3754] he shall receive [2983] of [1537] mine [1699], and [2532] shall shew [312] it unto you [5213].

¹³ Howbeit [1161] when [3752] he [1565], the Spirit [4151] of truth [225], is come [2064], he will guide [3594] you [5209] into [1519] all [3956] truth [225]: for [1063] he shall [2980] not [3756] speak [2980] of [575] himself [1438]; but [235] whatsoever [3745] [302] he shall hear [191], that shall he speak [2980]: and [2532] he will shew [312] you [5213] things to come [2064].

⁴⁴ No man [3762] can [1410] come [2064] to [4314] me [3165], except [3362] the Father [3962] which [3588] hath sent [3992] me [3165] draw [1670] him [846]: and [2532] I [1473] will raise [450] him [846] up [450] at the last [2078] day [2250].

² The kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is like [3666] unto a certain [444] king [935], which [3748] made [4160] a marriage [1062] for his [846] son [5207],

²⁶ All the souls [05315] that came [0935] with Jacob [03290] into Egypt [04714], which came out [03318] of his loins [03409], besides Jacob's [03290] sons [01121]' wives [0802], all the souls [05315] were threescore [08346] and six [08337];

²⁹ And the time [03117] drew nigh [07126] that Israel [03478] must die [04191]: and he called [07121] his son [01121] Joseph [03130], and said [0559] unto him, If now I have found [04672] grace [02580] in thy sight [05869], put [07760], I pray thee, thy hand [03027] under my thigh [03409], and deal [06213] kindly [02617] and truly [0571] with me; bury [06912] me not, I pray thee, in Egypt [04714]:

² And Abram [087] said [0559], Lord [0136] GOD [03069], what wilt thou give [05414] me, seeing I go [01980] childless [06185], and the steward [01121] [04943] of my house [01004] is this [01931] Eliezer [0461] of Damascus [01834]?

⁸ And if the woman [0802] will not be willing [014] to follow [03212] thee [0310], then thou shalt be clear [05352] from this my oath [07621]: only bring [07725] not my son [01121] thither again [07725].

⁶ And Abraham [085] said [0559] unto him, Beware [08104] thou that thou bring [07725] not [06435] my son [01121] thither again [07725].

²⁰ And Isaac [03327] was forty [0705] years [08141] old [01121] when he took [03947] Rebekah [07259] to wife [0802], the daughter [01323] of Bethuel [01328] the Syrian [0761] of Padanaram [06307], the sister [0269] to Laban [03837] the Syrian [0761].

⁵ And Abraham [085] was an hundred [03967] years [08141] old [01121], when his son [01121] Isaac [03327] was born [03205] unto him.