Genesis 24:1

Forsooth Abraham was eld, and of many days, and the Lord had blessed him 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

2And he said to the elder servant of his house, that was sovereign on all things that he had, Put thou thine hand under mine hip, (And he said to the oldest servant of his household, who was the ruler over all the things that he had, Put thy hand under my hip,)

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Cross References

Genesis 13:2Forsooth he was full rich in possession (s) of silver, and of gold. (And now he was very rich with livestock, silver, and gold.)

Genesis 21:5when he was of an hundred years; for Isaac was born in this age of the father. (when he was a hundred years old; for this was the age of his father when Isaac was born.)

Genesis 25:20and when Isaac was of forty years, he wedded a wife, Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel, of Syria, of Mesopotamia, the sister of Laban. (and when Isaac was forty years old, he wedded a wife, Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel, the Syrian from Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban.)

1 Kings 1:1And king David waxed eld (or And King David grew old), and had full many days of age; and when he was covered with clothes, he was (still) not made hot.

Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the Lord maketh rich men (or The blessing of the Lord maketh people rich); and torment shall not be fellowshipped to them.

Matthew 6:33Therefore seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his rightwiseness, and all these things shall be cast to you. (And so seek first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these other things shall be thrown, or shall come, 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 →

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