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Genesis 24:42 KJV
Genesis · chapter 24 · verse 42
And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:Genesis 24:42 · King James Version
Genesis 24:42 in context
40And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:
41Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
42And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
43Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
44And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master’s son.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AbrahamʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- prospertsâlachto push forward, in various sensesH6743 →
- masterʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
- camebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- wellʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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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