Genesis 24:40

And 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:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּ֖אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֞ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
before	לְפָנָ֗יו le.fa.Nav	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
walk	הִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּי hit.ha.Lakh.ti	H1980	to walk (in a great variety of applications · verb, hithpael perfect, 1st person common singular
send	יִשְׁלַ֨ח yish.Lach	H7971	to send away · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
angel	מַלְאָכ֤וֹ mal.'a.Kho	H4397	a messenger · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
prosper	וְהִצְלִ֣יחַ ve.hitz.Li.ach	H6743	to push forward · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
way	דַּרְכֶּ֔ךָ dar.Ke.kha	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
take	וְלָקַחְתָּ֤ ve.la.kach.Ta	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
wife	אִשָּׁה֙ 'i.Shah	H802	a woman · noun, common feminine singular absolute
son	לִבְנִ֔י liv.Ni	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
kindred	מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתִּ֖י mi.mish.pach.Ti	H4940	a family · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
father’s	אָבִֽי 'a.Vi	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
house	וּמִבֵּ֥ית u.mi.Beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
Psalms 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be t…
Exodus 33:2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and t…
Genesis 5:22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Genesis 24:7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:29-53

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. Thus God conceals that which is curious from the wise and prudent, reveals to babes that which is common and level to their capacity (Mat 11:25), and rules and saves the world by the foolishness of preaching, Co1 1:21. Thus also we are directed to take notice of God's providence in the little common occurrences of human life, and in them also to exercise our own prudence and other graces; for the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 24:32

the man came into the house, &c.--What a beautiful picture of piety, fidelity, and disinterestedness in a servant! He declined all attention to his own comforts till he had told his name and his errand.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 24:36

Unto him hath he given all that he hath - He has made Isaac his sole heir. These things appear to be spoken to show the relatives of Rebekah that his master's son was a proper match for her; for even in those primitive times there was regard had to the suitableness of station and rank in life, as well as of education, in order to render a match comfortable. Persons of dissimilar habits, as well as of dissimilar religious principles, are never likely to be very happy in a married life. Even the poor and the rich may better meet together in matrimonial alliances than the religious and the profane, the well-bred and the vulgar. A person may be unequally yoked in a great variety of ways: Bear ye…

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John Gill on Genesis 24:40

And he said unto me, the Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee. See Gill on Genesis 24:7.

Dictionary and topics

Abraham — Father of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Gen. 11:27) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the promises. Till the age of seventy, Abram sojourned among his kindred…
Angel — A word signifying, both in the Hebrew and Greek, a “messenger,” and hence employed to denote any agent God sends forth to execute his purposes. It is used of an ordinary messenger (Job 1:14: 1 Sam.…
Eliezer — God his help. (1.) “Of Damascus,” the “steward” (R.V., “possessor”) of Abraham’s house (Gen. 15:2, 3). It was probably he who headed the embassy sent by Abraham to the old home of his family in…
Gate — (1.) Of cities, as of Jerusalem (Jer. 37:13; Neh. 1:3; 2:3; 3:3), of Sodom (Gen. 19:1), of Gaza (Judg. 16:3). (2.) Of royal palaces (Neh. 2:8). (3.) Of the temple of Solomon (1 Kings 6:34, 35; 2…
Isaac — Laughter. (1) Israel, or the kingdom of the ten tribes (Amos 7:9, 16). (2.) The only son of Abraham by Sarah. He was the longest lived of the three patriarchs (Gen. 21:1-3). He was circumcised when…
Laban — White. (1.) The son of Bethuel, who was the son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother. He lived at Haran in Mesopotamia. His sister Rebekah was Isaac’s wife (Gen. 24). Jacob, one of the sons of this marriage,…
Rebekah — A noose, the daughter of Bethuel, and the wife of Isaac (Gen. 22:23; 24:67). The circumstances under which Abraham’s “steward” found her at the “city of Nahor,” in Padan-aram, are narrated in Gen.…
Covetousness · In giving Rebekah to be — In giving Rebekah to be
Rebekah (Rebecca) · Becomes — Becomes
Servants · Duties of, to masters: To be prudent in the management of their affairs — Duties of, to masters: To be prudent in the management of their affairs

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 24:40

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:29-53

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 24:32

Adam Clarke on Genesis 24:36

John Gill on Genesis 24:40

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 24:40

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:29-53

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 24:32

Adam Clarke on Genesis 24:36

John Gill on Genesis 24:40

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 24:33-49

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 24:29-49

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 24:33-48

Rashi on Genesis 24:16