John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 24:31
And he said, come in, thou blessed of the Lord ,.... Both with temporal and spiritual blessings; he concluded he was blessed with the former by the presents he had made to his sister, and by the men that attended him, and the number of camels that were with him; and with the latter by his devotion, his worshipping of God, and thankfulness to him, which Rebekah had observed and related: some Jewish writers say F8 Bereshit Rabba, sect. 60. fol. 52. 4. Targ. Jon. in loc. , he thought he... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 24:30
And it came to pass, when he saw the earring, and bracelets upon his sister's hands ,.... From whence he concluded that he was a rich and generous man she had met with, and might hope to receive a gift also upon giving him an invitation to his house; or however might judge he should be no loser by receiving him kindly and entertaining him generously; therefore it was that he made haste, and ran to him to bring him in; for that Laban was of a covetous disposition, appears from the whole story... read more