Genesis 24:48

and I bow, and do obeisance before Jehovah, and I bless Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, who hath led me in the true way to receive the daughter of my lord's brother for his son.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.

In Context

47'And I ask her, and say, Whose daughter [art] thou? and she saith, Daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah hath borne to him, and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands,

49'And now, if ye are dealing kindly and truly with my lord, declare to me; and if not, declare to me; and I turn unto the right or unto the left.'

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Cross References

Genesis 24:26And the man boweth, and doth obeisance to Jehovah,

Exodus 18:20and thou hast warned them [concerning] the statutes and the laws, and hast made known to them the way in which they go, and the work which they do.

Psalms 32:8I cause thee to act wisely, And direct thee in the way that thou goest, I cause mine eye to take counsel concerning thee.

Psalms 107:7And causeth them to tread in a right way, To go unto a city of habitation.

Proverbs 4:11In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:30-54

Abraham's Servant Entertained by Laban; Errand of Abraham's Servant. ( b. c. 1857.) 29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. 31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord ; wherefore standest thou without?… Read the whole commentary →

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