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1 Abraham estaba muy viejo, y Dios lo había bendecido en todo.
1 Abraham was old, and well advanced in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.
2 Un día Abraham le dijo a su mayordomo, que era el más viejo de sus siervos: ―Coloca tu mano en mi entrepierna,
2 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh.
3 y júrame por el nombre del Señor, el Dios del cielo y de la tierra, que no dejarás que mi hijo se case con una muchacha de esta tierra de Canaán, donde yo vivo.
3 I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
4 Para que esto no ocurra, irás a mi tierra, a casa de mi familia, y buscarás allí una esposa para mi hijo Isaac.
4 But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
5 El criado le dijo a Abraham: ―Supongamos que yo no pueda hallar una muchacha que quiera venir conmigo a este lugar. Entonces, ¿debo hacer que Isaac se vaya a vivir al país del cual usted salió?
5 The servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?”
6 ―¡No! —advirtió Abraham—. Cuídate de no hacerlo bajo ninguna circunstancia.
6 Abraham said to him, “Beware that you don’t bring my son there again.
7 Porque el Señor, Dios del cielo, que me ordenó dejar mi tierra y mi familia, y prometió darme esta tierra como propiedad para mí y mis descendientes, enviará a su ángel delante de ti y hará que encuentres allí una doncella para que sea la esposa de mi hijo.
7 Yahweh, the God of heaven—who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, ‘I will give this land to your offspring—he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
8 Pero si no lo logras, quedas libre de tu juramento. Pero bajo ninguna circunstancia llevarás a mi hijo para allá.
8 If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”
9 Entonces el criado colocó su mano en la entrepierna de su amo Abraham, y le juró seguir sus instrucciones.
9 The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
10 Tomó diez camellos de su amo, y los cargó con muchos regalos, de las mejores cosas que Abraham tenía, y se fue hacia el pueblo de Najor en Aram Najarayin.
10 The servant took ten of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
11 Una vez allí, hizo que los camellos se arrodillaran junto a un pozo de agua que estaba a las afueras de la ciudad. Era la hora de la puesta del sol, cuando las mujeres salían a buscar agua.
11 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
12 Luego comenzó a orar: «Señor, Dios de mi amo Abraham, sé misericordioso con mi amo y ayúdame para cumplir el propósito de mi viaje.
12 He said, “Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
13 Mira, aquí estoy junto al pozo de agua, a la hora en que las muchachas del pueblo vienen a sacar agua.
13 Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
14 Permíteme saber cuál es la joven que tú has escogido para que sea la esposa de tu siervo Isaac. Te suplico que esa joven sea a quien yo le diga: “Por favor, baje su cántaro para que yo pueda tomar un poco de agua”, y que me conteste: “Tome usted, y también le voy a dar de beber a los camellos”. De esta manera podré estar bien seguro de que en verdad amas a mi amo Abraham».
14 Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ then she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,’—let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”
15 Todavía estaba orando, cuando vio que se acercaba una muchacha con su cántaro al hombro. Era Rebeca, la hija de Betuel. Este Betuel era el hijo de Milca y de Najor, el hermano de Abraham.
15 Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.
16 La joven era muy hermosa y virgen, pues aún no había tenido relaciones sexuales con ningún hombre. Rebeca bajó al pozo, llenó su cántaro de agua y se dispuso a regresar.
16 The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin. No man had known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.
17 Entonces el criado corrió hacia ella y le dijo: ―Le ruego que me permita beber un poco de agua de su cántaro.
17 The servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher.”
18 ―Con mucho gusto, señor —dijo ella. Y con prontitud inclinó el cántaro para que él pudiera beber.
18 She said, “Drink, my lord.” She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him a drink.
19 Cuando el criado terminó de beber, la muchacha dijo: ―También sacaré agua para sus camellos, para que beban hasta que queden satisfechos.
19 When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will also draw for your camels, until they have finished drinking.”
20 Acto seguido vació el cántaro en el bebedero y fue corriendo varias veces al pozo a sacar agua, hasta que hubo la suficiente para todos los camellos.
20 She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
21 Mientras tanto, el criado la observaba en silencio, preguntándose si el Señor le había contestado la oración.
21 The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not.
22 Cuando los camellos terminaron de beber, el criado sacó un pendiente de oro, que pesaba unos seis gramos, y se lo puso a Rebeca en la nariz. También le colocó en los brazos dos brazaletes que pesaban ciento veinte gramos cada uno.
22 As the camels had finished drinking, the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,
23 Luego el criado le preguntó: ―¿Por favor, dígame quién es su papá? ¿Habrá lugar en casa de su padre para pasar la noche?
23 and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father’s house for us to stay?”
24 ―Mi padre es Betuel, hijo de Milca, que es esposa de Najor —contestó ella—.
24 She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”
25 Y en nuestra casa tenemos abundante comida para los camellos, y una pieza para huéspedes.
25 She said moreover to him, “We have both straw and feed enough, and room to lodge in.”
26 El criado, entonces, se arrodilló y adoró al Señor
26 The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.
27 con la siguiente oración: «¡Alabado sea el Señor, Dios de mi amo Abraham, pues siempre ha sido tan bueno y leal con él! ¡Gracias por haberme guiado directamente a los familiares de mi amo!».
27 He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me on the way to the house of my master’s relatives.”
28 La muchacha corrió hasta la casa para contarle estas cosas a su familia.
28 The young lady ran, and told her mother’s house about these words.
29 Rebeca tenía un hermano llamado Labán. Cuando este escuchó todo lo que la muchacha les contó, y además vio el pendiente y los brazaletes que llevaba puestos, salió corriendo hacia el pozo, donde todavía estaba el hombre de pie junto a los camellos.
29 Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
30 Not in this translation
30 When he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “This is what the man said to me,” he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.
31 Al verlo, le dijo: ―¡Venga, usted, bendito del Señor, y quédese con nosotros! No tiene por qué quedarse aquí afuera. ¡Ya le he preparado un lugar para usted. También hay sitio para los camellos!
31 He said, “Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.”
32 El criado siguió a Labán a la casa. Luego, Labán les llevó agua, para que el criado y sus acompañantes se lavaran los pies. También les quitó a los camellos las cargas que llevaban y les dio suficiente comida.
32 The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
33 Cuando les sirvieron la comida, el criado de Abraham dijo: ―No quiero comer nada hasta haberles dicho por qué estoy aquí. ―Muy bien —dijo Labán—, danos tu mensaje.
33 Food was set before him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told my message.” Laban said, “Speak on.”
34 ―Soy siervo de Abraham —explicó—.
34 He said, “I am Abraham’s servant.
35 El Señor ha colmado de bendiciones a mi amo, de modo que él es considerado un gran hombre entre la gente de la tierra donde vive. Dios le ha dado grandes rebaños de ovejas y de vacas, además le ha dado una gran fortuna en plata y oro, y muchos esclavos y esclavas, camellos y burros.
35 Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. Yahweh has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
36 Como si esto fuera poco, Sara, la esposa de mi amo, siendo ya muy anciana, le dio un hijo a mi amo. A ese hijo mi amo le ha dado todo lo que posee.
36 Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.
37 Y mi amo hizo que yo le prometiera que no dejaría que Isaac se casara con una de las mujeres de Canaán, que es la tierra donde él vive. Por eso, me pidió que viniera a esta lejana tierra, para buscar entre sus familiares una esposa para su hijo.
37 My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,
38 Not in this translation
38 but you shall go to my father’s house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’
39 Yo le pregunté: “¿Y si no puedo encontrar una muchacha que quiera venir?”. Él me respondió:
39 I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’
40 “Vendrá, porque mi Señor, en cuya presencia he andado, enviará su ángel contigo y hará que tu misión tenga éxito. Por tanto, busca una muchacha entre la familia de mi padre.
40 He said to me, ‘Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son from my relatives, and of my father’s house.
41 En caso de que mis familiares no quieran dejar venir a la muchacha, tú quedarás libre de la promesa que me has hecho”.
41 Then you will be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don’t give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.’
42 »Pues bien, esta tarde, cuando llegué al manantial, hice la siguiente oración: “Señor, Dios de mi amo Abraham, si tú me estás guiando para que mi misión tenga éxito, guíame en la forma siguiente:
42 I came today to the spring, and said, ‘Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go—
43 Aquí estoy junto a este pozo, te ruego que me ayudes. Voy a decirle a una muchacha que venga a sacar agua de este pozo: ‘Por favor, deme un poco de agua para beber’.
43 behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes out to draw, to whom I will say, “Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,”
44 Si ella me responde: ‘Con mucho gusto, y también le daré agua a los camellos’, entonces sabré que es la muchacha que has escogido para que sea la esposa del hijo de mi amo”.
44 then she tells me, “Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,”—let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my master’s son.’
45 »Mientras yo decía estas cosas, apareció Rebeca con el cántaro al hombro, se dirigió al pozo, sacó agua y llenó el cántaro. Yo le dije: “Por favor, deme de beber”.
45 Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’
46 Ella con prontitud inclinó hacia mi el cántaro para que pudiera beber y me dijo: “Con mucho gusto, señor, y también sacaré agua para sus camellos”. ¡Y así lo hizo!
46 She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.’ So I drank, and she also gave the camels a drink.
47 Entonces le pregunté: “¿De qué familia es usted?”. Y ella me dijo: “Soy de la familia de Najor. Mi padre es Betuel, hijo de Najor y de Milca”. Entonces le puse el pendiente en la nariz, y los brazaletes en los brazos.
47 I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.
48 Luego me arrodillé y adoré al Señor. Sí, alabé al Señor, el Dios de mi amo Abraham, porque me había llevado por el camino correcto, hasta encontrar en la casa del hermano de mi amo la esposa para su hijo Isaac.
48 I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son.
49 Ahora, díganme si van a ser bondadosos y leales con mi amo Abraham; si no piensan serlo, también díganmelo. Así yo sabré qué camino tomar.
49 Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.”
50 Entonces Labán y Betuel contestaron: ―Es evidente que esto es obra del Señor, de modo que en ese caso nosotros no podemos hacer nada.
50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can’t speak to you bad or good.
51 Mire, aquí está Rebeca. Tómela y llévesela, para que sea la esposa del hijo de su amo, tal como el Señor lo ha dispuesto.
51 Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as Yahweh has spoken.”
52 Al oír la respuesta, el mayordomo de Abraham cayó de rodillas delante del Señor.
52 When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.
53 Enseguida sacó joyas de plata y de oro y hermosos vestidos para Rebeca, y también les hizo valiosos regalos a la madre y al hermano de ella.
53 The servant brought out jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and her mother.
54 Luego el criado y sus acompañantes cenaron y pasaron allí la noche. Al día siguiente, cuando se levantaron, el criado dijo: ―Debo regresar a casa de mi amo.
54 They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master.”
55 Pero el hermano y la mamá de Rebeca le dijeron: ―Queremos que Rebeca se quede con nosotros unos diez días más. Después de ese tiempo se podrá ir.
55 Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.”
56 Pero él les rogó: ―No retarden mi regreso. El Señor ha hecho que mi misión tenga éxito, así que déjenme regresar a donde mi amo.
56 He said to them, “Don’t hinder me, since Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.”
57 ―Bien —respondieron—. Llamemos a la muchacha y preguntémosle si quiere irse o no.
57 They said, “We will call the young lady, and ask her.”
58 Llamaron a Rebeca y le preguntaron: ―¿Quieres irte con este señor? Y ella respondió: ―Sí, me voy con él.
58 They called Rebekah, and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” She said, “I will go.”
59 Entonces dejaron ir a Rebeca con el mayordomo y sus acompañantes. Además, permitieron que la mujer que había cuidado a Rebeca desde que era niña fuera también con ella
59 They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham’s servant, and his men.
60 y la despidieron con esta bendición: «Hermana nuestra: ¡que seas madre de millones de hijos! ¡Que tu descendencia conquiste las ciudades de sus enemigos!».
60 They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your offspring possess the gate of those who hate them.”
61 Entonces Rebeca y sus esclavas subieron a los camellos y se fueron con el criado de Abraham.
61 Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
62 Mientras tanto, Isaac, cuyo hogar estaba en el Néguev, había regresado del pozo de Lajay Roí.
62 Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the South.
63 Una tarde, salió a caminar por el campo para meditar. De repente, levantó la vista y vio que se acercaban unos camellos.
63 Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his eyes and looked. Behold, there were camels coming.
64 También Rebeca levantó la vista, y al ver a Isaac, se bajó del camello,
64 Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she got off the camel.
65 y le preguntó al criado: ―¿Quién es ese hombre que viene por el campo hacia nosotros? ―Es el hijo de mi amo —le contestó. Entonces ella se cubrió el rostro con el velo.
65 She said to the servant, “Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” She took her veil, and covered herself.
66 Cuando Isaac llegó hasta ellos, el mayordomo le contó todo lo ocurrido.
66 The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
67 Isaac llevó a Rebeca a la tienda de su madre y la tomó por esposa. Él la amó mucho, y ella le sirvió de especial consuelo por la muerte de su madre.
67 Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abraham
Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25
Bethuel
The last-named of Milcah's eight sons by Nahor and the father of Rebekah and Laban, who with Laban agreed to Rebekah's marriage to Isaac.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 22:22–23; Genesis 24:15; Genesis 24:50
Isaac
The long-promised son, nearly offered on Moriah, through whom the covenant continued.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 21–27
Laban
Bethuel's son and Rebekah's brother, who welcomed Abraham's servant, later became Jacob's uncle and father-in-law, deceived him by giving him Leah, and pursued him to Gilead when…
Cited in the guide: Genesis 24:29; Genesis 25:20; Genesis 29:13
Rebekah
Wife of Isaac and mother of the twins Jacob and Esau.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 24-27
Cross references (61)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 112:1–3; Genesis 13:2; Proverbs 10:22; Galatians 3:9; Matthew 6:33
- 2 Genesis 47:29; Genesis 39:4–6; Genesis 15:2; Genesis 24:9–10; Genesis 44:1
- 3 Genesis 26:34–35; 2 Corinthians 6:14–17; Nehemiah 13:25; Deuteronomy 7:3–4; Genesis 28:8
- 4 Genesis 28:2; Genesis 22:20–23; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 11:25–12:1
- 5 Jeremiah 4:2; Genesis 24:58; Proverbs 13:16; Exodus 20:7; Exodus 9:2
- 6 2 Peter 2:20–22; Galatians 5:1; Hebrews 10:39; Hebrews 11:9; Hebrews 11:13–16
- 7 Psalm 34:7; Exodus 33:2; Genesis 13:15; Hebrews 1:14; Exodus 23:20–23
- 8 Joshua 2:17–20; Numbers 30:5; Numbers 30:8; Acts 7:2; Joshua 9:20
- 9 Genesis 24:2
- 10 Genesis 11:31; Deuteronomy 23:4; Genesis 24:2; Genesis 39:4–6; Acts 2:9
- 11 1 Samuel 9:11; Exodus 2:16; John 4:7; Genesis 33:13–14; Genesis 24:13–20
- 12 Genesis 24:27; Exodus 3:6; Genesis 26:24; Psalm 122:6; Genesis 24:42
- 13 Genesis 24:43; Psalm 37:5; Judges 5:11; Genesis 24:11; John 4:7
- 14 Judges 6:37; Judges 6:17; Genesis 15:8; 2 Samuel 5:24; Proverbs 19:14
- 15 Genesis 11:29; Genesis 24:45; Isaiah 65:24; Psalm 65:2; Daniel 9:20–23
- 16 Genesis 26:7; Genesis 39:6; Numbers 31:17–18; Genesis 4:1
- 17 John 4:7; 1 Kings 17:10; Isaiah 21:14; Genesis 26:1–35; Isaiah 35:6–7
- 18 1 Peter 3:8; Proverbs 31:26; 1 Peter 4:8–9; Genesis 24:14
- 19 Genesis 24:14; Genesis 24:45–46; 1 Peter 4:9
- 21 Psalm 107:43; Genesis 24:12; Luke 2:51; 2 Samuel 7:18–20; Luke 2:19
- 22 Ezekiel 16:11–12; Exodus 32:2–3; Genesis 23:15–16; Genesis 24:30; Genesis 24:47
- 24 Genesis 24:15; Genesis 22:23; Genesis 11:29; Genesis 22:20
- 25 1 Peter 4:9; Isaiah 32:8; Judges 19:19–21; Genesis 18:4–8
- 26 Genesis 24:48; Genesis 24:52; Exodus 4:31; Exodus 12:27; 2 Chronicles 20:18
- 27 Genesis 24:48; Genesis 32:10; Psalm 98:3; Ruth 4:14; Genesis 24:12
- 28 Genesis 31:33; Genesis 24:48; Genesis 24:55; Genesis 24:67
- 29 Genesis 29:5; Genesis 24:55; Genesis 29:13; Genesis 24:60
- 31 Ruth 3:10; Genesis 26:29; Psalm 115:15; Judges 17:2; Proverbs 18:16
- 32 Judges 19:21; Genesis 43:24; Genesis 18:4; Luke 7:44; Genesis 19:2
- 33 Psalm 132:3–5; Ephesians 6:5–8; 1 Timothy 6:2; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Job 23:12
- 35 Genesis 13:2; Genesis 24:1; Psalm 107:38; Proverbs 10:22; Genesis 12:16
- 36 Genesis 25:5; Genesis 21:10; Genesis 21:1–7; Genesis 17:15–19; Romans 4:19
- 37 Ezra 9:1–3; Genesis 24:2–9; Genesis 27:46; Genesis 6:2
- 39 Genesis 24:5
- 40 Exodus 23:20; Psalm 16:8; Genesis 5:24; Exodus 33:2; Genesis 17:1
- 41 Genesis 24:8; Deuteronomy 29:12
- 42 Nehemiah 1:11; Genesis 24:12–14; Psalm 90:17; Romans 1:10; Psalm 37:5
- 43 Genesis 24:13–14
- 44 Genesis 24:14; Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 16:33; Hebrews 13:2; Genesis 2:22
- 45 Genesis 24:15–20; Acts 10:30; Matthew 7:7; Isaiah 65:24; Daniel 9:23
- 46 Genesis 24:18–19
- 47 Ezekiel 16:10–13; Isaiah 62:3–5; Genesis 24:22–24; Psalm 45:13–14; Genesis 24:53
- 48 Genesis 24:26–27; Proverbs 3:5–6; Psalm 32:8; Psalm 48:14; Isaiah 48:17
- 49 Genesis 47:29; Joshua 2:14; Proverbs 3:3; Genesis 32:10; Numbers 20:17
- 50 Psalm 118:23; Genesis 31:24; Genesis 31:29; 2 Samuel 13:22; Mark 12:11
- 51 Genesis 20:15; Genesis 24:15; 2 Samuel 16:10
- 52 Genesis 24:26; Genesis 24:48; Psalm 116:1–2; Psalm 95:6; 1 Chronicles 29:20
- 53 Genesis 24:22; Genesis 24:10; Exodus 12:35; Exodus 11:2; Exodus 3:22
- 54 Genesis 24:56; Genesis 24:59; Genesis 45:24; 2 Samuel 18:19; Genesis 28:5–6
- 55 Leviticus 25:29; Genesis 4:3; Judges 14:8
- 56 Isaiah 48:15; Proverbs 25:25; Joshua 1:8; Genesis 45:9–13
- 58 Luke 1:38; Psalm 45:10–11
- 59 Genesis 35:8; Genesis 24:60; Genesis 24:53; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; Numbers 11:12
- 60 Genesis 22:17; Genesis 17:16; Ruth 4:11–12; Genesis 28:3; Genesis 48:15–16
- 61 Psalm 45:10; Genesis 2:24; Esther 8:10; Genesis 31:34; Esther 8:14
- 62 Genesis 16:14; Genesis 25:11; Genesis 20:1; Genesis 12:9
- 63 Psalm 119:15; Psalm 143:5–6; Psalm 104:34; Psalm 1:2; Joshua 1:8
- 64 Joshua 15:18; Judges 1:14
- 65 1 Timothy 2:9; 1 Corinthians 11:5–6; 1 Corinthians 11:10; Genesis 20:16
- 66 Mark 6:30
- 67 Song of Songs 8:2; Ephesians 5:22–33; Genesis 23:1–2; Genesis 29:18; Genesis 18:9–10
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… take a wife for his son Isaac, we find it thus written: "And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his lord, and of all the goods of his lord, with him; and arose, and went into Mesopotamia, into the city of Nahor." This and other testimonies of this sacred history show that Nahor, Abraham's brother, had also …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… to that servant, "Put thy hand under my thigh, and I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the Lord of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son Isaac of the daughters of the Canaanites," what else was pointed out by this, but that the Lord, the God of heaven, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… knew, that it was not offspring after the flesh he desired, nor anything of a carnal kind concerning his race that was referred to, he said to the servant whom he sent, "Put thy hand under my thigh, and swear by the God of heaven." What connection has the God of heaven with Abraham's thigh?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)