Génesis 24

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1 Y Abraham era ya viejo, y bien entrado en dテュas; y el SEテ前R habテュa bendecido a Abraham en todo.
2 Y dijo Abraham a su siervo, el mテ。s viejo de su casa, que era el que gobernaba en todo lo que tenテュa: Pon ahora tu mano debajo de mi muslo,
3 y te juramentarテゥ por el SEテ前R, Dios de los cielos y Dios de la tierra, que no has de tomar mujer para mi hijo de las hijas de los cananeos, entre los cuales yo habito;
4 sino que irテ。s a mi tierra y a mi natural, y tomarテ。s de allテ。 mujer para mi hijo Isaac.
5 Y el siervo le respondiテウ: Por ventura la mujer no querrテ。 venir en pos de mテュ a esta tierra, ツソvolverテゥ, pues, tu hijo a la tierra de donde saliste?
6 Y Abraham le dijo: Guテ。rdate que no vuelvas a mi hijo allテ。.
7 El SEテ前R, Dios de los cielos, que me tomテウ de la casa de mi padre, y de la tierra de mi natural, y me hablテウ, y me jurテウ diciendo: A tu simiente darテゥ esta tierra; テゥl enviarテ。 su テ。ngel delante de ti, y tテコ tomarテ。s de allテ。 mujer para mi hijo.
8 Y si la mujer no quisiere venir en pos de ti, serテ。s libre de este mi juramento; solamente que no vuelvas allテ。 a mi hijo.
9 Entonces el siervo puso su mano debajo del muslo de Abraham su seテアor, y le jurテウ sobre este negocio.
10 Y el siervo tomテウ diez camellos de los camellos de su seテアor, y fue llevando en su mano lo mejor que su seテアor tenテュa; y se levantテウ y fue a Ara Naharaim, a la ciudad de Nacor.
11 E hizo arrodillar los camellos fuera de la ciudad, junto a un pozo de agua, a la hora de la tarde, a la hora en que salen las doncellas por agua.
12 Y dijo: SEテ前R, Dios de mi seテアor Abraham, dame, te ruego, el tener hoy buen encuentro, y haz misericordia con mi seテアor Abraham.
13 He aquテュ yo estoy junto a la fuente de agua, y las hijas de los varones de esta ciudad salen por agua.
14 Sea, pues, que la doncella a quien yo dijere: Baja ahora tu cテ。ntaro, para que yo beba; y ella respondiere: Bebe, y tambiテゥn darテゥ de beber a tus camellos, que テゥsta sea la que aparejaste a tu siervo Isaac; y en esto conocerテゥ que habrテ。s hecho misericordia con mi seテアor.
15 Y aconteciテウ que antes que テゥl acabase de hablar, he aquテュ Rebeca que salテュa, (la cual habテュa nacido a Betuel, hijo de Milca, mujer de Nacor hermano de Abraham) con su cテ。ntaro sobre sus hombros.
16 Y la doncella era de muy hermoso aspecto, virgen, a la que varテウn no habテュa conocido; la cual descendiテウ a la fuente, y llenテウ su cテ。ntaro, y se volvテュa.
17 Entonces el siervo corriテウ hacia ella, y dijo: Te ruego que me des a beber un poco de agua de tu cテ。ntaro.
18 Y ella respondiテウ: Bebe, seテアor mテュo: y se dio prisa a bajar su cテ。ntaro sobre su mano, y le dio a beber.
19 Y cuando acabテウ de darle a beber, dijo: Tambiテゥn para tus camellos sacarテゥ agua, hasta que acaben de beber.
20 Y se dio prisa, y vaciテウ su cテ。ntaro en la pila, y corriテウ otra vez al pozo para sacar agua, y sacテウ para todos sus camellos.
21 Y el varテウn estaba maravillado de ella, callando, para saber si el SEテ前R habテュa prosperado su camino o no.
22 Y fue que cuando los camellos acabaron de beber, el varテウn sacテウ un pendiente de oro de medio siclo de peso, y dos brazaletes de diez siclos de peso de oro,
23 y dijo: ツソDe quiテゥn eres hija? Te ruego me digas, ツソhay lugar en casa de tu padre donde posemos?
24 Y ella respondiテウ: Soy hija de Betuel, hijo de Milca, el cual dio a luz ella a Nacor.
25 Y aテアadiテウ: Tambiテゥn hay en nuestra casa paja y mucho forraje, y lugar para posar.
26 El varテウn entonces se inclinテウ, y adorテウ al SEテ前R.
27 Y dijo: Bendito sea el SEテ前R, Dios de mi seテアor Abraham, que no apartテウ su misericordia y su verdad de mi seテアor, guiテ。ndome el SEテ前R en el camino a casa de los hermanos de mi amo.
28 Y la doncella corriテウ, e hizo saber en casa de su madre estas cosas.
29 Y Rebeca tenテュa un hermano que se llamaba Labテ。n, el cual corriテウ afuera al varテウn, a la fuente;
30 y fue que cuando vio el pendiente y los brazaletes en las manos de su hermana, que decテュa: Asテュ me dijo aquel varテウn; vino al varテウn; y he aquテュ テゥl estaba junto a los camellos a la fuente.
31 Y le dijo: Ven, bendito del SEテ前R; ツソpor quテゥ estテ。s fuera? Yo he limpiado la casa, y el lugar para los camellos.
32 Entonces el varテウn vino a casa, y Labテ。n desatテウ los camellos; y les dio paja y forraje, y agua para lavar los pies de テゥl, y los pies de los varones que con テゥl venテュan .
33 Y le pusieron delante quテゥ comer; mas テゥl dijo: No comerテゥ hasta que haya dicho mi mensaje. Y テゥl le dijo: Habla.
34 Entonces dijo: Yo soy siervo de Abraham;
35 y el SEテ前R ha bendecido mucho a mi seテアor, y テゥl se ha engrandecido; y le ha dado ovejas y vacas, plata y oro, siervos y siervas, camellos y asnos.
36 Y Sara, mujer de mi amo, dio a luz un hijo a mi seテアor despuテゥs de su vejez, al cual ha dado todo cuanto tiene.
37 Y mi seテアor me hizo jurar, diciendo: No tomarテ。s mujer para mi hijo de las hijas de los cananeos, en cuya tierra habito;
38 sino que irテ。s a la casa de mi padre, y a mi natural, y tomarテ。s de allテ。 mujer para mi hijo.
39 Y yo dije: Por ventura no querrテ。 venir en pos de mテュ la mujer.
40 Entonces テゥl me respondiテウ: El SEテ前R, en cuya presencia yo he andado, enviarテ。 su テ。ngel contigo, y prosperarテ。 tu camino; y tomarテ。s mujer para mi hijo de mi linaje y de la casa de mi padre;
41 entonces serテ。s libre de mi juramento, cuando hubieres llegado a mi linaje; y si no te la dieren, serテ。s libre de mi juramento.
42 Lleguテゥ, pues , hoy a la fuente, y dije: SEテ前R, Dios de mi seテアor Abraham, si tテコ prosperas ahora mi camino por el cual yo ando,
43 he aquテュ yo estoy junto a la fuente de agua; sea, pues, que la doncella que saliere por agua, a la cual yo dijere: Dame ahora de beber un poco de agua de tu cテ。ntaro;
44 y ella me respondiere, Bebe tテコ, y tambiテゥn para tus camellos sacarテゥ agua; テゥsta sea la mujer que aparejテウ el SEテ前R al hijo de mi seテアor.
45 Y antes que acabase de hablar en mi corazテウn, he aquテュ Rebeca, que salテュa con su cテ。ntaro sobre su hombro; y descendiテウ a la fuente, y sacテウ agua; y yo le dije: Te ruego que me des a beber.
46 Y ella prestamente bajテウ su cテ。ntaro de encima de sテュ, y dijo: Bebe, y tambiテゥn a tus camellos darテゥ a beber. Y bebテュ, y dio tambiテゥn de beber a mis camellos.
47 Entonces le preguntテゥ, y dije: ツソDe quiテゥn eres hija? Y ella respondiテウ: Hija de Betuel, hijo de Nacor, que le dio a luz Milca. Entonces le puse un pendiente sobre su nariz, y brazaletes sobre sus manos;
48 y me inclinテゥ, y adorテゥ al SEテ前R, y bendije al SEテ前R, Dios de mi seテアor Abraham, que me habテュa guiado por camino de verdad para tomar la hija del hermano de mi seテアor para su hijo.
49 Ahora pues, si vosotros hacテゥis misericordia y verdad con mi seテアor, declarテ。dmelo; y si no, declarテ。dmelo; y echarテゥ a la diestra o a la siniestra.
50 Entonces Labテ。n y Betuel respondieron y dijeron: Del SEテ前R ha salido esto; no podemos hablarte malo ni bueno.
51 He ahテュ Rebeca delante de ti; tテウmala y vete, y sea mujer del hijo de tu seテアor, como lo ha dicho el SEテ前R.
52 Y fue, que cuando el siervo de Abraham oyテウ sus palabras, se inclinテウ a tierra al SEテ前R.
53 Y sacテウ el siervo vasos de plata y vasos de oro y vestidos, y dio a Rebeca; tambiテゥn dio cosas preciosas a su hermano y a su madre.
54 Y comieron y bebieron テゥl y los varones que venテュan con テゥl, y durmieron; y levantテ。ndose de maテアana, dijo: Enviadme a mi seテアor.
55 Entonces respondiテウ su hermano y su madre: Espere la doncella con nosotros a lo menos diez dテュas, y despuテゥs irテ。.
56 Y テゥl les dijo: No me detengテ。is, pues que el SEテ前R ha prosperado mi camino; despachadme para que me vaya a mi seテアor.
57 Ellos respondieron entonces: Llamemos la doncella y preguntテゥmosle.
58 Y llamaron a Rebeca, y le dijeron: ツソIrテ。s tテコ con este varテウn? Y ella respondiテウ: Sテュ , irテゥ.
59 Entonces enviaron a Rebeca su hermana, y a su nodriza, y al siervo de Abraham y a sus varones.
60 Y bendijeron a Rebeca, y le dijeron: Nuestra hermana eres; seas en millares de millares, y tu generaciテウn posea la puerta de sus enemigos.
61 Se levantテウ entonces Rebeca y sus doncellas, y subieron sobre los camellos, y siguieron al varテウn; y el siervo tomテウ a Rebeca, y se fue.
62 Y venテュa Isaac del pozo del Viviente que me ve; porque テゥl habitaba en la tierra del mediodテュa;
63 y habテュa salido Isaac a orar al campo, a la hora de la tarde; y alzando sus ojos mirテウ, y he aquテュ los camellos que venテュan.
64 Rebeca tambiテゥn alzテウ sus ojos, y vio a Isaac, y descendiテウ del camello;
65 porque habテュa preguntado al criado: ツソQuiテゥn es este varテウn que viene por el campo hacia nosotros? Y el siervo habテュa respondido: Este es mi seテアor. Ella entonces tomテウ el velo, y se cubriテウ.
66 Entonces el siervo contテウ a Isaac todo lo que habテュa hecho.
67 Y la introdujo Isaac a la tienda de su madre Sara, y tomテウ a Rebeca por mujer; y la amテウ; y se consolテウ Isaac despuテゥs de la muerte de su madre.

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Génesis 24 Commentary

Chapter 24

Abraham's care for Isaac's marriage. (1-9) The journey of Abraham's servant to Mesopotamia, His meeting with Rebekah. (10-28) Rebekah and her relatives consent to her marriage. (29-53) The happy meeting and marriage of Isaac and rebekah. (54-67)

Verses 1-9 The effect of good example, good teaching, and the worship of God in a family, will generally appear in the piety, faithfulness, prudence, and affection of the servants. To live in such families, or to have such servants, both are blessings from God which should be highly valued, and thankfully acknowledged. But no concern in life is of greater importance to ourselves, to others, or to the church of God, than marriage. It therefore ought always to be undertaken with much care and prudence, especially with reference to the will of God, and with prayer for his direction and blessing. Where good parents are not consulted and regarded, the blessing of God cannot be expected. Parents, in disposing of their children, should carefully consult the welfare of their souls, and their furtherance in the way to heaven. Observe the charge Abraham gave to a good servant, one whose conduct, faithfulness, and affection, to him and his family, he had long known. Observe also, that Abraham remembers that God had wonderfully brought him out of the land of his birth, by the call of his grace; and therefore doubts not but He will prosper his care, not to bring his son thither again. God will cause that to end in our comfort, in which we sincerely aim at his glory.

Verses 10-28 Abraham's servant devoutly acknowledged God. We have leave to be particular in recommending our affairs to the care of Divine providence. He proposes a sign, not that he intended to proceed no further, if not gratified in it; but it is a prayer that God would provide a good wife for his young master; and that was a good prayer. She should be simple, industrious, humble, cheerful, serviceable, and hospitable. Whatever may be the fashion, common sense, as well as piety, tells us, these are the proper qualifications for a wife and mother; for one who is to be a companion to her husband, the manager of domestic concerns, and trusted to form the minds of children. When the steward came to seek a wife for his master, he did not go to places of amusement and sinful pleasure, and pray that he might meet one there, but to the well of water, expecting to find one there employed aright. He prayed that God would please to make his way in this matter plain and clear before him. Our times are in God's hand; not only events themselves, but the times of them. We must take heed of being over-bold in urging what God should do, lest the event should weaken our faith, rather than strengthen it. But God owned him by making his way clear. Rebekah, in all respects, answered the characters he sought for in the woman that was to be his master's wife. When she came to the well, she went down and filled her pitcher, and came up to go home with it. She did not stand to gaze upon the strange man his camels, but minded her business, and would not have been diverted from it but by an opportunity of doing good. She did not curiously or confidently enter into discourse with him, but answered him modestly. Being satisfied that the Lord had heard his prayer, he gave the damsel some ornaments worn in eastern countries; asking at the same time respecting her kindred. On learning that she was of his master's relations, he bowed down his head and worshipped, blessing God. His words were addressed to the Lord, but being spoken in the hearing of Rebekah, she could perceive who he was, and whence he came.

Verses 29-53 The making up of the marriage between Isaac and Rebekah is told very particularly. We are to notice God's providence in the common events of human life, and in them to exercise prudence and other graces. Laban went to ask Abraham's servant in, but not till he saw the ear-ring, and bracelet upon his sister's hands. We know Laban's character, by his conduct afterwards, and may think that he would not have been so free to entertain him, if he had not hoped to be well rewarded for it. The servant was intent upon his business. Though he was come off a journey, and come to a good house, he would not eat till he had told his errand. The doing our work, and the fulfilling our trusts, either for God or man, should be preferred by us before our food: it was our Saviour's meat and drink, ( John 4:34 ) . He tells them the charge his master had given him, with the reason of it. He relates what had happened at the well, to further the proposal, plainly showing the finger of God in it. Those events which to us seem the effect of choice, contrivance, or chance, are "appointed out" of God. This hinders not, but rather encourages the use of all proper means. They freely and cheerfully close with the proposal; and any matter is likely to be comfortable, when it proceeds from the Lord. Abraham's servant thankfully acknowledges the good success he had met with. He was a humble man, and humble men are not ashamed to own their situation in life, whatever it may be. All our temporal concerns are sweet if intermixed with godliness.

Verses 54-67 Abraham's servant, as one that chose his work before his pleasure, was for hastening home. Lingering and loitering no way become a wise and good man who is faithful to his duty. As children ought not to marry without their parents' consent, so parents ought not to marry them without their own. Rebekah consented, not only to go, but to go at once. The goodness of Rebekah's character shows there was nothing wrong in her answer, though it be not agreeable to modern customs among us. We may hope that she had such an idea of the religion and godliness in the family she was to go to, as made her willing to forget her own people and her father's house. Her friends dismiss her with suitable attendants, and with hearty good wishes. They blessed Rebekah. When our relations are entering into a new condition, we ought by prayer to commend them to the blessing and grace of God. Isaac was well employed when he met Rebekah. He went out to take the advantage of a silent evening, and a solitary place, for meditation and prayer; those divine exercises by which we converse with God and our own hearts. Holy souls love retirement; it will do us good to be often alone, if rightly employed; and we are never less alone than when alone. Observe what an affectionate son Isaac was: it was about three years since his mother died, and yet he was not, till now, comforted. See also what an affectionate husband he was to his wife. Dutiful sons promise fair to be affectionate husbands; he that fills up his first station in life with honour, is likely to do the same in those that follow.

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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.

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