Genesis 24:58
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54
Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they got up in the morning, he said, "Send me to my master."
55
But her brother and mother said, "Let the girl stay with us for about 10 days.[a] Then she[b] can go."
56
But he responded to them, "Do not delay me, since the Lord has made my journey a success. Send me away so that I may go to my master."
58
They called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She replied, "I will go."
59
So they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.
60
They blessed Rebekah, saying to her: Our sister, may you become thousands upon ten thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their[d] enemies.
61
Then Rebekah and her young women got up, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
63
In the early evening, Isaac went out to walk[f] in the field, and looking up, he saw camels coming.
64
Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
65
and asked the servant, "Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?" The servant answered, "It is my master." So she took her veil and covered herself.
66
Then the servant told Isaac everything he had done.
67
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah to be his wife. Isaac loved her, and he was comforted after his mother's [death].
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Genesis 24:54-67 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 24
This chapter shows Abraham's concern to get a suitable wife for his son Isaac, for which purpose he commits the affair into the hands of his eldest servant, and makes him swear that he will not take one from among the Canaanites, but out of his own country, and from among his own kindred, Ge 24:1-4; which his servant agreed to, after having the nature of his charge, and of the oath, explained to him, Ge 24:5-9; upon which he departed to Mesopotamia, and coming to the city of Nahor, and to a well near it, he prayed for success, and desired direction by a token, which was granted him, Ge 24:10-22; and inquiring of the damsel, who answered to the token, whose daughter she was, and whether they had room for him and his in their house; and an agreeable answer being returned, he gave thanks to God that had directed him, and had so far made his journey prosperous, Ge 24:23-27; the damsel acquainting her parents whom and what she met with at the well, a brother of her steps out, and invites the servant in, and makes him welcome, Ge 24:28-33; but before he would eat anything, he tells his errand he was come upon, at the instance of his master; how, he had prayed for direction, and was heard, and for which he had given thanks, Ge 24:34-48; and then treats with the relations of the damsel about her marriage to his master's son, to which they agreed, Ge 24:49-51; and after having blessed God, and given his presents he brought with him to the damsel, and her family, and ate and drank with them, was for departing the next morning, Ge 24:52-54; but the friends of the damsel being desirous of her stay with them some few days, and he urgent to be gone, the affair was referred to her, and she agreed to go with him directly, Ge 24:55-58; upon which they dismissed her with their blessing, Ge 24:59,60; who being met by Isaac in the way, was received and introduced into his mother's tent, and married by him, Ge 24:61-67.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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