Genesis 24:48

and I bow, and pay respect before YHWH, and I bless YHWH, God of my lord Abraham, who has led me in the true way to receive the daughter of my lord’s brother for his son.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.

In Context

47And I ask her, and say, Whose daughter [are] you? And she says, Daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah has borne to him, and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands,

49And now, if you are dealing kindly and truly with my lord, declare to me; and if not, declare to me; and I turn to the right or to the left.”

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Cross References

Genesis 24:26And the man bows, and pays respect to YHWH,

Exodus 18:20and you have warned them [concerning] the statutes and the laws, and have made known to them the way in which they go, and the work which they do.

Psalms 32:8I cause you to act wisely, || And direct you in the way that you go, || I cause My eye to take counsel concerning you.

Psalms 107:7And causes them to tread in a right way, || To go to a city of habitation.

Proverbs 4:11I have directed you in a way of wisdom, || I have caused you to tread in paths of uprightness.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:30-54

Abraham's Servant Entertained by Laban; Errand of Abraham's Servant. ( b. c. 1857.) 29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. 31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord ; wherefore standest thou without?… Read the whole commentary →

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