Genesis 24:1

Now Abraham was very old and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.

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And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

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2Abraham said to his servant, the one who was the oldest of his household and who was in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh

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Cross References

Genesis 13:2Now Abram was very rich in animals, in silver, and in gold.

Genesis 21:5Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Genesis 25:20Isaac was forty years old when he took as his wife Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.

1 Kings 1:1When King David was old and advanced in years, they covered him with blankets, but he could not keep warm.

Proverbs 10:22The good gifts of Yahweh bring wealth 1 and he adds no pain to it. 1

Matthew 6:33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things 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 →

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