Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Genesis Chapter 24
Overview
Gen 24:1, Abraham swears his servant; Gen 24:10, The servant's journey; Gen 24:12, His prayer; Gen 24:14, His sign; Gen 24:15, Rebekah meets him; Gen 24:18, fulfils his sign; Gen 24:22, receives jewels; Gen 24:23, shows her kindred; Gen 24:25, and invites him home; Gen 24:26, The servant blesses God; Gen 24:29, Laban entertains him; Gen 24:34, The servant shows his message; Gen 24:50, Laban and Bethuel approve it; Gen 24:58, Rebekah consents to go, and departs; Gen 24:62, Isaac meets and marries her.
was old: Gen 18:11, Gen 21:5, Gen 25:20; Kg1 1:1; Luk 1:7
well stricken in age: Heb. gone into days
blessed: Gen 24:35; Gen 12:2, Gen 13:2, Gen 49:25; Psa 112:1-3; Pro 10:22; Isa 51:2; Mat 6:33; Gal 3:9; Eph 1:3; Ti1 4:8
ruled: Gen 24:10, Gen 39:4-6, Gen 39:8, Gen 39:9, Gen 44:1
Put: Gen 24:9, Gen 47:29; Ch1 29:24
swear: Gen 21:23, Gen 26:28-31, Gen 31:44-53, Gen 50:25; Exo 20:7, Exo 22:11, Exo 23:13; Lev 19:12; Num 5:21; Deu 6:13, Deu 10:20; Jos 2:12; Sa1 20:17; Neh 13:25; Isa 45:23; Isa 48:1, Isa 65:16; Jer 4:2, Jer 12:16; Zep 1:5; Heb 6:16
the: Gen 14:22; Kg2 19:15; Ch2 2:12; Neh 9:6; Psa 115:15; Jer 10:11
that: Gen 6:2, Gen 6:4, Gen 26:34, Gen 26:35, Gen 27:46, Gen 28:1, Gen 28:2, Gen 28:8; Exo 34:16; Deu 7:3, Deu 7:4; Co1 7:39; Co2 6:14-17
to my kindred: Gen 11:25-32, Gen 12:1, Gen 12:7, Gen 22:20-23, Gen 28:2; There does not appear in all this concern the least taint of worldly policy, or any of those motives which usually govern men in the settlement of their children. No mention is made of riches, or honours, or natural accomplishments, but merely of what related to God. - Fuller.
Peradventure: Gen 24:58; Exo 20:7, Exo 9:2; Pro 13:16; Jer 4:2
Gal 5:1; Heb 10:39, Heb 11:9, Heb 11:13-16; Pe2 2:20-22
Lord: Ezr 1:2; Dan 2:44; Jon 1:9; Rev 11:13
took: Gen 12:1-7
which spake: Gen 13:15, Gen 15:18, Gen 17:8, Gen 22:16-18, Gen 26:3, Gen 26:4, Gen 26:24; Exo 13:5, Exo 32:13; Num 14:16, Num 14:30; Num 32:11; Deu 1:8, Deu 34:4; Jos 1:6; Jdg 2:1; Act 7:5; Heb 11:9
angel: Exo 23:20-23, Exo 33:2; Psa 32:8, Psa 34:7, Psa 73:24, Psa 103:20; Pro 3:5, Pro 3:6; Isa 63:9; Heb 1:14
clear: Num 30:5, Num 30:8; Jos 2:17-20, Jos 9:20; Joh 8:32
only: Gen 24:4, Gen 24:5, Gen 24:6; Act 7:2
for: or, and
all the: Gen 24:2, Gen 39:4-6, Gen 39:8, Gen 39:9, Gen 39:22, Gen 39:23
Mesopotamia: Deu 23:4; Jdg 3:8-10; Ch1 19:6; Act 2:9
city: Gen 11:31, Gen 27:43, Gen 29:1, Gen 29:4, Gen 29:5
kneel: Gen 33:13, Gen 33:14; Pro 12:10
women go out to draw water: Heb. women which draw water go forth, Gen 24:13-20; Exo 2:16; Sa1 9:11; Joh 4:7
O Lord: Gen 24:27, Gen 15:1, Gen 17:7, Gen 17:8, Gen 26:24, Gen 28:13, Gen 31:42, Gen 32:9; Exo 3:6, Exo 3:15; Kg1 18:36; Kg2 2:14; Mat 22:32
I pray: Gen 27:10, Gen 43:14; Neh 1:11, Neh 2:4; Psa 37:5, Psa 90:16, Psa 90:17, Psa 118:25, Psa 122:6, Psa 127:1; Pro 3:6; Phi 4:6; Th1 3:10, Th1 3:11
I stand: Gen 24:43; Psa 37:5; Pro 3:6
daughters: Gen 24:11, Gen 29:9, Gen 29:10; Exo 2:16; Jdg 5:11; Sa1 9:11; Joh 4:7
And let: Jdg 6:17, Jdg 6:37; Sa1 14:9
she that: Gen 24:44; Pro 19:14
thereby: Gen 15:8; Exo 4:1-9; Jdg 6:17, Jdg 6:37, Jdg 7:13-15, Jdg 18:5; Sa1 6:7-9, Sa1 10:2-10; Sa1 14:8, Sa1 14:10, Sa1 20:7; Sa2 5:24, Sa2 20:9; Kg2 20:8-11; Isa 7:11; Rom 1:10
before: Gen 24:45; Jdg 6:36-40; Psa 34:15, Psa 65:2, Psa 145:18, Psa 145:19; Isa 58:9, Isa 65:24; Dan 9:20-23
Rebekah: Gen 24:24, Gen 22:20-23
Milcah: Gen 11:27, Gen 11:29, Gen 22:23
pitcher: Gen 21:14, Gen 29:9; Exo 2:16; Rut 2:2, Rut 2:17; Pro 31:27
fair to look upon: Heb. good of countenance, Gen 26:7, Gen 39:6
known: Gen 4:1; Num 31:17, Num 31:18; Sol 5:2
Let: Kg1 17:10; Joh 4:7, Joh 4:9
water of: Gen. 26:1-35; Isa 21:14, Isa 30:25, Isa 35:6, Isa 35:7, Isa 41:17, Isa 41:18, Isa 49:10
Pro 31:26; Pe1 3:8, Pe1 4:8, Pe1 4:9
Gen 24:14, Gen 24:45, Gen 24:46; Pe1 4:9
wondering at: Sa2 7:18-20; Psa 34:1-6, Psa 107:1, Psa 107:8, Psa 107:15, Psa 107:43, Psa 116:1-7; Luk 2:19, Luk 2:51
to wit: i.e. "to know, " or "to learn"
the Lord: Gen 24:12, Gen 24:56
took: Gen 24:30; Exo 32:2, Exo 32:3; Est 5:1; Jer 2:32; Ti1 2:9, Ti1 2:10; Pe1 3:3, Pe1 3:8
earring: or, jewel for the forehead, Exo 32:2, Exo 32:3; Isa 3:19-23; Eze 16:11, Eze 16:12; From the word being in the singular number, it is not likely to have been an ear-ring, or a "jewel for the forehead," but "a jewel for the nose, a nose-ring," which is in use throughout Arabia and Persia, particularly among young women. It is very properly translated επιρρινον, "an ornament for the nose," by Symmachus; and Sir John Chardin informs us, that "it is a custom in almost all the East, for the women to wear rings in their noses, in the left nostril, which is bored low down in the middle. These rings are of gold, and have commonly two pearls and one ruby between, placed in the ring. I never saw a girl or young woman in Arabia or in all Persia, who did not wear a ring after this manner in her nostril."
bracelets: The word rendered "bracelet," from a root which signifies "to join or couple together," may imply whatever may clasp round the arms and legs; for rings and ornaments are worn round both by females in India and Persia. The small part of the leg, and the whole arm, from the shoulder to the wrist, are generally decorated in this way. As these were given to Rebekah for "her hands," it sufficiently distinguishes them from similar ornaments for the ankles.
Gen 24:15, Gen 11:29, Gen 22:20, Gen 22:23
Gen 18:4-8; Jdg 19:19-21; Isa 32:8; Pe1 4:9
Gen 24:48, Gen 24:52, Gen 22:5; Exo 4:31, Exo 12:27, Exo 34:8; Ch1 29:20; Ch2 20:18, Ch2 29:30; Neh 8:6; Psa 22:29, Psa 66:4, Psa 72:9, Psa 95:6; Mic 6:6; Phi 2:10
Blessed: Gen 24:12, Gen 9:26, Gen 14:20; Exo 18:10; Rut 4:14; Sa1 25:32, Sa1 25:39; Sa2 18:28; Ch1 29:10-13; Psa 68:19, Psa 72:18, Psa 72:19; Luk 1:68; Eph 1:3; Ti1 1:17
of his: Gen 32:10; Psa 98:3, Psa 100:5; Mic 7:20; Joh 1:17
the Lord: Gen 24:48; Pro 3:6, Pro 4:11-13, Pro 8:20
of my: Gen 24:4, Gen 13:8; Exo 2:11, Exo 2:13
of: Gen 24:48, Gen 24:55, Gen 24:67, Gen 31:33
her mother's: Some have conjectured from this, that her father Bethuel was dead; and the person called Bethuel (Gen 24:50), was a younger brother. This is possible; but as Dr. A. Clarke remarks, the mother's house might be mentioned were even the father alive; for in Asiatic countries, the women have apartments entirely separate from those of the men, in which their little children and grown-up daughters reside with them. This was probably the case here; though, from the whole narrative, it is very probable that Bethuel was dead, as the whole business appears to be conducted by Rebekah's brothers.
Gen 24:55, Gen 24:60, Gen 29:5
thou: Gen 26:29; Jdg 17:2; Rut 3:10; Psa 115:15; Pro 17:8, Pro 18:16
for I: Gen 24:25
he ungirded: i.e. Laban ungirded
straw: Straw, by the eastern mode of threshing, was cut or shattered, and reduced to a kind of chaff. With this, sometimes mixed with a little barley, the eastern people still feed their labouring beasts, as they anciently did.
wash: Gen 18:4, Gen 19:2, Gen 43:24; Jdg 19:21; Sa1 25:41; Luk 7:44; Joh 13:4-14; Ti1 5:10
Job 23:12; Psa 132:3-5; Pro 22:29; Ecc 9:10; Joh 4:14, Joh 4:31-34; Eph 6:5-8; Ti1 6:2
the Lord: Gen 24:1, Gen 12:2, Gen 13:2, Gen 25:11, Gen 26:12, Gen 49:25; Psa 18:35, Psa 112:3; Pro 10:22, Pro 22:4; Ti1 4:8
flocks: Gen 12:16, Gen 13:2, Gen 26:13, Gen 26:14; Job 1:3, Job 42:10-12; Psa 107:38; Mat 6:33
Sarah: Gen 11:29, Gen 11:30, Gen 17:15-19, Gen 18:10-14, Gen 21:1-7; Rom 4:19
And my: Gen 24:2-9, Gen 6:2, Gen 27:46; Ezr 9:1-3
Canaanites: The Canaanites were infected with gross idolatry; and consequently, not proper persons with whom to form so intimate a connection; especially as Jehovah had shown Abraham that they were filling up the measure of their iniquity, and were doomed to destruction.
my father's: i.e., Where the family of Haran his brother had settled; and where he himself had remained some time with his father Terah. Nahor did not dwell at Ur of the Chaldees, but at Haran in Mesopotamia. The true worship of God seems to have been in some measure preserved in this family, though afterwards corrupted. Gen 31:19
Peradventure: We may see, says Calmet, by this and other passages of Scripture (Jos 9:18), what the sentiments of the ancients were relative to an oath. They believed that they were bound precisely by what was spoken, and had no liberty to interpret the intentions of those by whom the oath was made.
And he: Gen 24:7
before: Gen 5:22, Gen 5:24, Gen 6:9, Gen 17:1, Gen 48:15; Kg1 2:3, Kg1 8:23; Kg2 20:3; Psa 16:8
will: Gen 24:7; Exo 23:20, Exo 33:2; Psa 1:3, Psa 91:11; Dan 3:28; Heb 1:14; Rev 22:8, Rev 22:16
O Lord: Gen 24:12-14; Act 10:7, Act 10:8, Act 10:22
prosper: Gen 24:12, Gen 24:31, Gen 39:3; Ezr 8:21; Neh 1:11; Psa 37:5, Psa 90:17; Rom 1:10
Both: Isa 32:8; Ti1 2:10; Heb 13:2; Pe1 3:8
the woman: Gen 24:14, Gen 2:22; Pro 16:33, Pro 18:22, Pro 19:14
appointed: Those events, which appear to us the effect of choice, contrivance, or chance, are matters of appointment with God; and the persuasion of this does not prevent, but rather encourage, the use of all proper means; at the same time that it confines us to proper means, and delivers the mind from useless anxiety about consequences.
before: Gen 24:15-20; Isa 58:9, Isa 65:24; Dan 9:19, Dan 9:23; Act 4:24-33, Act 10:30, Act 12:12-17; Mat 7:7
speaking: Sa1 1:13-15; Sa2 7:27; Neh 2:4; Rom 8:26
I put: Gen 24:22, Gen 24:53; Psa 45:9, Psa 45:13, Psa 45:14; Isa 62:3-5; Eze 16:10-13; Eph 5:26, Eph 5:27
bowed: Gen 24:26, Gen 24:27, Gen 24:52
led me: Gen 24:27, Gen 22:23; Exo 18:20; Ezr 8:21; Psa 32:8, Psa 48:14, Psa 107:7; Pro 3:5, Pro 3:6, Pro 4:11; Isa 48:17
deal kindly and truly: Heb. do mercy and truth, Gen 32:10; Pro 3:3
Laban: These seem both to be brothers, of whom Laban was the eldest and chief. The opinion of Josephus appears to be very correct, that Bethuel, the father, had been dead some time. Gen 24:15, Gen 24:28, Gen 24:53, Gen 24:55, Gen 24:60
The thing: Psa 118:23; Mat 21:42; Mar 12:11
we: Gen 31:24, Gen 31:29; Sa2 13:22; Act 11:17
Rebekah: Gen 20:15
worshipped: Gen 24:26, Gen 24:48; Ch1 29:20; Ch2 20:18; Psa 34:1, Psa 34:2, Psa 95:6, Psa 107:21, Psa 107:22, Psa 116:1, Psa 116:2; Mat 2:11; Act 10:25, Act 10:26
jewels: Heb. vessels, The original word denotes vessels, utensils, instruments, furniture, or dress; and these presented by Abraham's servant might have been of various kinds. Exo 3:22, Exo 11:2, Exo 12:35
brother: No mention is made of her father.
precious: This term, rendered "precious things," as may be seen in the parallel texts, is used to express exquisite fruits or delicacies, and precious plants or flowers, but here it may mean gifts in general, though rather of an inferior kind to those mentioned above. Deu 33:13-16; Ch2 21:3; Ezr 1:6; Sol 4:13; Isa 39:2
Send me: Gen 24:56, Gen 24:59, Gen 28:5, Gen 28:6, Gen 45:24; Sa2 18:19, Sa2 18:27, Sa2 18:28; Pro 22:29; Ecc 7:10; Luk 8:38, Luk 8:39
a few days: or, a full year, or ten months, Gen 4:3; Lev 25:29; Jdg 14:8
Hinder: Gen 45:9-13; Pro 25:25
Psa 45:10, Psa 45:11; Luk 1:38
their: Gen 24:50, Gen 24:53, Gen 24:60
nurse: Gen 35:8; Num 11:12; Th1 2:5
they: Gen 1:28, Gen 9:1, Gen 14:19, Gen 17:16, Gen 28:3, Gen 48:15, Gen 48:16, Gen 48:20; Rut 4:11, Rut 4:12
be thou the mother: Or, "be thou for thousands of myriads;" a large family being always considered, in ancient times, as a proof of the peculiar blessing and favour of God.
thousands: Dan 7:10
thy seed: Gen 22:17; Lev 25:46; Deu 21:19
they rode: Gen 31:34; Sa1 30:17; Est 8:10, Est 8:14
Lahairoi: Gen 16:14, Gen 25:11
south: Gen 12:9
to meditate: or, to pray, They who acknowledge God in all their ways, will find him present to direct their paths, and make their way prosperous; and when the prayer of faith meets with an immediate answer, the glory ought as speedily to be rendered to God in solemn praise and thanksgiving. Jos 1:8; Psa 1:2, Psa 77:11, Psa 77:12, Psa 104:34, Psa 119:15, Psa 139:17, Psa 139:18, Psa 143:5, Psa 143:6
a veil: Gen 20:16; Co1 11:5, Co1 11:6, Co1 11:10; Ti1 2:9
his mother: Gen 18:6, Gen 18:9, Gen 18:10; Sol 8:2; Isa 54:1-5
Sarah's tent: Sarah, being dead, her tent, which, according to the custom of the east, was distinct from that of Abraham, became now appropriated to the use of Rebekah.
and took: Gen 2:22-24; Co2 11:1, Co2 11:2; Eph 5:22-33