Genesis 24:1
Now Abraham was old; and advanced in age: and the Lord had blessed him in all things.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 13:2And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver.
Genesis 21:5When he was a hundred years old: for at this age of his father was Isaac born.
Genesis 25:20Who when he was forty years old, took to wife Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, sister to Laban.
1 Kings 1:1Now king David was old, and advanced in years: and when he was covered with clothes, he was not warm.
Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich: neither shall affliction be joined to them.
Matthew 6:33Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:1
Marriages and funerals are the changes of families, and the common news among the inhabitants of the villages. In the foregoing chapter we had Abraham burying his wife, here we have him marrying his son. These stories concerning his family, with their minute circumstances, are largely related, while the histories of the kingdoms of the world then in being, with their revolutions, are buried in silence; for the Lord knows those that are his. The subjoining of Isaac's marriage to Sarah's funeral (with a particular… Read the whole commentary →