mels drink alſo; ſo I drank,and ſhe made the camels
drink alſo.
47 And I asked her /,and ſaid, | Whoſe daughter arr *
thou? and the ſaid, The daughter of Bethuel,Nahors ſon,
whom Milcah bare unto him;and 1 pur the ear-ring u-
pon her face,and the bracelets upon her hands: { Firſt he asks who ſhe was,then he gives the gifts to her:Which
is the right order, and is here obſerved in the repetition ; which
was inverted in the firſt relation, werſe. 22, 23.
43 And Iboweddovvnmy head, and vvorſbipped the LORD,and bleſſed the LORD God of my maſter Abra- ham,vvhich had led me in Þ the right vvay,to takemy
"maſters brethersdaughter unto his ſon,
49 Andnow if ys will deal kindly and truly » with my maſter, tell me : and if not;tell me; that Imay turn
to the right hand, orto the left = m If you will thew true Kindneſs and real Friendſhip to him,in giving your Daughter to his Son. » ( 7. e. ) That I may look out a Wite for him elſewhere. It is a proverbial expreſſion, Numb. 20. 17. and 22. 26. Det. 2. 27. : 5oThen Laban and Bethuel » anſwered and ſaid, The thing proceedeth from the LORD p : we cannot ſpeak
unto thee bad or good q. o Laban us put firſt,cither becauſe this Bethuel was not his Father,
the chief manager of this buſineſs, ro whom his Father ſeems to have committed the care of his Family, being himſelf unfit for itthrough Age or Infirmity. p From God's Counſel and Special Providence. Hereby it appears they had the Knowledge and worſhip of the true God among them,tho they added Idols to him. 9 We cannot with- out oppoſing God, ſpeak or a& any thing which may hinder thy defign,or thwart thy deſire. Compare Gen:31: 24,29. 2 Sam. 13.22,
51 Behold, Rebekah isbefore thee F, take ber, and 0, and let her be thy maſters ſons wife, as the LORD
hath ſpoken- + (5.e. ) In thy powerand diſpoſal ; as this Phrafe 1s taken, Ger,
20: 15. and elſewhere.
52 And itcame to paſs,that when Abrahams ſervant heard their words, he worlbipped the LORD, bowing
himfelf to the earth- 53 4nd the ſervant brought forth F jewels of filver,
8 and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave 7hem to Re-
bekah : he gave alſo to her brorcher and to her mother
precious things r. y The precious Fruits of the land from which he came, See Deut. 33. 13. &c. or in general,other rare and excellent things. In
thoſe days Men gave Portions for theur Wives, as now they haye
Portions with them, . |
. but his younger Brother, as Foſephus thinks ; or becauſe Laban was |
6x And Rebekah aroſe,and her damſels, aud they rod upon the cainels,and followed the man: and the - Sac took Rebekah,and went his way.
62 And Iſaac came from the way of the
hai-roi, for he dweltin the ſouth countrey y. 3 In the Southern Parts of Canaan,as Gen. ther it ſeems, Abraham returned after Sarah's Death. 63 And Ifaac went outto + meditate & in the field 7
Rn the camels were coming. & To converſe with God, and with himſelf by »; ; table Thoughts and Ejaculations, and fervent + #. rogpaty an [17 ak things,ſo particularly for God's Blefling upon this great Affair,and ſo his Praycrs are eminently anſwered. a He chuſeth a "ROAR place,whecein he might more freely attend upen God without grid Interruption or Diſtrattion. 6 That as he had begun the day wich God, ſo hemight cloſe it with him, and commit himſelf *to his Proteftion. Compare Pſalm 55. 17.
64 And Rebekah lift up her eyes, and when ſhe ſaw Iſaac, ſhe lighted off the camel c.
c As a teſtimony of her reſpe& to him whom by the $ underſtood to be her Lord and Husband. Compare "of IS: yen 25; 2Z. 65 For ſhe had ſaid unto the ſervant, What man 3s this that walketh inthe field to meet us?. And the ſer- vant had ſaid, It is my maſter; therefore ſhe took a yai! and covered her ſelf d. T
d In token of Modeſty, Reverence,and Subje&ion. See Gen. 20 IG. 1 Cor: 11: 10, ; AE p 65 And the ſervant told 1{aac all things that he had
One.
67 And Taac brought her into his mother Sarahs tente, and rook Rebekah, and ſhe became his wife ; and he loved her : and {aac was comforted after his mo»
thers death f,
e Partly to give her poſſeſſion of it,and partly to conſummate the Marriage. Women then had their Tents apart trom Men. See Gor: 18: i0: and 24:67: and 31: 33: f Aſorrowful ſenſe whereof he yet had retained, tho ſhe died thiee years before this time.
CHAP, XXY.
Abrahams ſons by Keturah, 1--=4. Iſaac inherits his Fathers eſtate, 5. Proviſion for the othet ſons, 6. Abrahams age, 7. Death, 8. Burial #4 10. God bleſſeth Iſagc, 11. The pofterity of Iſhmael, 12-15 $7 age and death, 17. Their habitation, 18. The generations of Iſaac, 19 His age when married, 20. He prays for children ; God anſwers * Two children ſtruggle in the womb ; Rebekah enquires of the Lord "22. God gives the reaſon, 23. She delivered of twins, 24. The firſt-born red and hairy; his name, 25. His brother takes him by the heel: his name: Jjaac's age when they were born, 26. The eldeſt a cunning hunter ; the other a plain man, 27. Iſaac loves the eldeſt ; Rebekah the youngeſt. 28. The eldeſt ſells his birth-right for red pottage, and u called hs, 30---32, Confirms the ſale by an oath, 33. Deſpiſms hi: birth- rizht, 34. x
J en a again Abraham took b a wife c, and her
name as Keturah #4. |
a Afffter Sarah's Death and 1/aac's Marriage. b Not from any in« ordinate Luſt, which his Age and nay hes Grace aa Calficienety evince, but from a deſire of more Children, and of accompliſhin God's Promiſe concerning the great Multiplication- of his Sced. c A ſecondary Wife, or a Concubine, as ſhe 15 called, verſe 6. and
4 Chron,
up in the morning, and he ſaid, * Send me away unto * Verſ.56:
and 56.
f Or,a fu? year,or tex months,
*Chap: 223 I7.
_
* well La- * Chap:
I6. 14.
r2. 9. at Beer-ſheba, whi- and 25.13
t Or, zo
at the eventide b3 and he life up his eyes,and ſaw, and 2%
Chap. XXV, | C
*Chap
23. 16,
* Chap x60. I. G2.
GENESIS . Chap. XXV. ®