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Selected Verse: Genesis 24:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 24:7 |
Strong Concordance |
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. |
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King James |
The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
angel
(See Scofield) - (Heb 1:4). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| God's angels are ministering spirits, sent forth, not only for the protection, but guidance of the heirs of promise, Heb 1:14. He shall send his angel before thee - And then thou shalt speed well. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The Lord God, etc. - He expresses the strongest confidence in God, that the great designs for which he had brought him from his own kindred to propagate the true religion in the earth would be accomplished; and that therefore, when earthly instruments failed, heavenly ones should be employed. He shall send his angel, probably meaning the Angel of the Covenant, of whom see Gen 15:7. |
4 Being made [1096] so much [5118] better than [2909] the angels [32], as [3745] he hath by inheritance obtained [2816] a more excellent [1313] name [3686] than [3844] they [846].
14 Are they [1526] not [3780] all [3956] ministering [3010] spirits [4151], sent forth [649] to [1519] minister [1248] for [1223] them who shall [3195] be heirs of [2816] salvation [4991]?
7 And he said [0559] unto him, I am the LORD [03068] that brought thee out [03318] of Ur [0218] of the Chaldees [03778], to give [05414] thee this land [0776] to inherit [03423] it.