Genesis 24:1

And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age,.... Being now one hundred and forty years of age, for as he was an hundred years old when Isaac was born, and Isaac was forty years of age when he…

- The Marriage of Isaac 26. קרד qādad, “bow the head.” השׁתחוה shâchâh, “bow the body.” 29. לבן lābān, “Laban, white.” In this circumstantial account of the marriage of Isaac, we have a beautiful…

And Abraham was old - He was now about one hundred and forty years of age, and consequently Isaac was forty, being born when his father was one hundred years old. See Gen 21:5; Gen 25:20.

Three things we may observe here concerning Abraham: -

I. The care he took of a good son, to get him married, well married. It was high time to think of it now, for Isaac was about forty years old,…

Abraham's Commission to his Servant

1. well stricken in age Cf. Gen 18:11. The Hebrew phrase means "going in days," just as we should say "advanced in years." Cf. Luk 1:7.

had blessed Cf. Gen 24:24.