Genesis 24:1

1 Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.

Genesis 24:1 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 24:1

And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age
Being now one hundred and forty years of age, for as he was an hundred years old when Isaac was born, and Isaac was forty years of age when he married Rebekah, which was at this time, Abraham must be of the age mentioned, see ( Genesis 21:5 ) ( 25:20 ) ; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things;
with all kind of blessings, with temporal and spiritual blessings; the former seems chiefly designed here, because of what follows; God had blessed him, as Aben Ezra observes, with long life, and riches, and honour, and children, things desirable by men.

Genesis 24:1 In-Context

1 Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.

2 Abraham said to his oldest servant, who was in charge of everything he owned, "Put your hand under my leg.

3 Make a promise to me before the Lord, the God of heaven and earth. Don't get a wife for my son from the Canaanite girls who live around here.

4 Instead, go back to my country, to the land of my relatives, and get a wife for my son Isaac."

5 The servant said to him, "What if this woman does not want to return with me to this land? Then, should I take your son with me back to your homeland?"