Genesis 24:1
Now, Abraham, was old, far gone in days,—and, Yahweh, had blessed Abraham, in all things.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 13:2Now, Abram, was very rich,—in cattle, in silver and in gold.
Genesis 21:5Now Abraham was a hundred years old,—when Isaac his son was born to him.
Genesis 25:20and it came to pass that, Isaac, was forty years old, when he took Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, of the Plain of Syria,—sister of Laban the Syrian. to himself to wife.
1 Kings 1:1Now, King David, was old, advanced in days,—and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
Proverbs 10:22The blessing of Yahweh, itself maketh rich, and he addeth no grievance therewith.
Matthew 6:33But be seeking first, the kingdom and its righteousness,—and, all these things, shall be added unto 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 →