Genesis 24:1

Isaac and Rebekah

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

Genesis 24:1 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
English Standard Version (ESV)
1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
New Living Translation (NLT)
1 Abraham was now a very old man, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
The Message Bible (MSG)
1 Abraham was now an old man. God had blessed Abraham in every way.
American Standard Version (ASV)
1 And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age. And Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
1 By now Abraham was old, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
1 Abraham was now old, getting on in years, and the Lord had blessed him in everything.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
1 By that time Abraham was very old. 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 He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh.
3 I want you to swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,
4 but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.”
5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?”

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Genesis 17:17; Joshua 23:1
  • 2. Genesis 12:2; Galatians 3:9
  • 3. ver 35
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