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Genesis 24:35 KJV
Genesis · chapter 24 · verse 35
And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.Genesis 24:35 · King James Version
Genesis 24:35 in context
33And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
34And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.
35And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
36And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
37And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
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Key words (Strong's)
- blessedbârakto kneelH1288 →
- greatlymᵉʼôdproperly, vehemenceH3966 →
- masterʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
- flockstsôʼna collective name for a flockH6629 →
- silverkeçephsilverH3701 →
- greatgâdalto be largeH1431 →
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We have here the making up of the marriage between Isaac and Rebekah. It is related very largely and particularly, even to the minute circumstances, which, we should think, might have been spared, while other things of great moment and mystery (as the story of Melchizedek) are related in few words.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 29-53