Genesis 24:1
Abraham was old, and well advanced in age. The LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
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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 in livestock, 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 Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
1 Kings 1:1Now King David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm.
Proverbs 10:22The LORD’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
Matthew 6:33But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
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 →