And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking,.... In his heart, Gen 24:45; for his prayer was mental; while the last words were dropping from him, that very moment, as the Targum of Jonathan; so…
- 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…
Adam Clarke
Behold, Rebekah came out - How admirably had the providence of God adapted every circumstance to the necessity of the case, and so as in the most punctual manner to answer the prayer which his servant…
Abraham's servant now begins to make a figure in this story; and, though he is not named, yet much is here recorded to his honour, and for an example to all servants, who shall be honoured if, by…
Cambridge Bible
Rebekah Here described as the daughter of Bethuel, as in Gen 24:24; Gen 24:24; cf. Gen 22:20-24; Gen 25:20; Gen 28:2. The absence, however, of any mention of Bethuel except in Gen 24:24, and the…
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