Genesis 24:1
Abraham by now was old, really old, and the Lord had blessed him in every possible way.
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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 13:2Abram was very rich, having many herds of livestock and a great deal of silver and gold.
Genesis 21:5Abraham was 100 when Isaac was born.
Genesis 25:20When Isaac was 40 he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
1 Kings 1:1King David had grown old and couldn't keep warm in bed however many blankets they used to cover him.
Proverbs 10:22The Lord's blessing makes you rich, and he doesn't add any sadness to accompany it.
Matthew 6:33Seek his kingdom first, and his way of living right, and everything will be given to 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 →