Genesis 24:1
וְאַבְרָהָם זָקֵן בָּא בַּיָּמִים וַֽיהוָה בֵּרַךְ אֶת ־ אַבְרָהָם בַּכֹּֽל ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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 13:2וְאַבְרָם כָּבֵד מְאֹד בַּמִּקְנֶה בַּכֶּסֶף וּבַזָּהָֽב ׃
Genesis 21:5וְאַבְרָהָם בֶּן ־ מְאַת שָׁנָה בְּהִוָּלֶד לוֹ אֵת יִצְחָק בְּנֽוֹ ׃
Genesis 25:20וַיְהִי יִצְחָק בֶּן ־ אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה בְּקַחְתּוֹ אֶת ־ רִבְקָה בַּת ־ בְּתוּאֵל הָֽאֲרַמִּי מִפַּדַּן אֲרָם אֲחוֹת לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה ׃
1 Kings 1:1וְהַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִד זָקֵן בָּא בַּיָּמִים וַיְכַסֻּהוּ בַּבְּגָדִים וְלֹא יִחַם לֽוֹ ׃
Proverbs 10:22בִּרְכַּת יְהוָה הִיא תַעֲשִׁיר וְלֹֽא ־ יוֹסִף עֶצֶב עִמָּֽהּ ׃
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 →