Genesis 24:1-66

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 24:16

And the damsel was very fair to look upon ,.... Of a good countenance and beautiful aspect: a virgin: neither had any man known her ; not only was reckoned a virgin, but was really one, pure and incorrupt: and she went down to the well and filled her pitcher, and came up ; by which it appears the well lay low, there was a descent unto it, and an ascent from it. Rebekah was very diligent and speedy in doing her work, she did not stay to look at strangers, or hold an idle... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 24:17

And the servant ran to meet her ,.... He did not stop her as she went to the well, but stayed till she had been there and filled her pitcher, and then he made all the haste he could to meet her, in order to have the sign and token answered he had requested, which could not be done until she returned: and said, let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher ; or taste a little of it, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; or suffer me to swallow a little of it; for it was not... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 24:18

And she said, drink, my lord ,.... Signifying at once that he was welcome to drink what he would, giving him a very honourable title, observing that he had a pretty large retinue with him of men and camels; so that she took him for some considerable personage: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand ; from off her shoulder, and let it rest upon her hand or arm: and gave him drink ; let him drink what he would of it. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 24:19

And when she had done giving him drink ,.... Whatever he pleased to have: she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking ; she proposed to go back to the well, and did, and fill her pitcher, and repeat it as often as was necessary, until the camels had enough; and this now was the sign or token the servant had desired might be, by which he would know who was the person intended for the wife of his master's son; and this was granted him, which shows that... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 24:20

And she hasted and emptied her pitcher into the trough ,.... The place out of which cattle drank water, being put there for that purpose, which was of wood or of stones made hollow; into this Rebekah poured out what was left in her pitcher after the servant had drank: and ran again to the well to draw water ; and which must be repeated several times to have enough for all the camels, for it follows: and drew for all his camels ; and there were ten of them; and these, being thirsty... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 24:21

And the man wondering at her ,.... At her affability and courteousness to a stranger; at her humility and condescension to take upon her such a service; at her readiness, diligence, and laboriousness in it; and the quick dispatch she made; and at her expressions and conduct being so exactly agreeable to the token he desired to have; and at the providence of God in bringing him to this place so seasonably; and at the damsel, that she should come just at this time, and every way answer his... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 24:22

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking ,.... Having had enough to abate their thirst and satisfy them, by means of Rebekah's drawing water for them: that the man took a golden earring ; out of his pocket, or out of a box or parcel that was upon the camels; it is in the margin of our Bibles, "a jewel for the forehead"; or, as some render it, a "nose jewel" F25 נזם "imponeret naso ejus monile aureum", Junius & Tremellius. ; and so in Genesis 24:47 , "an earring... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 24:23

And said ,.... After he had given her the earring and the bracelets, he put the following question, according to Jarchi, and so our version seems to intimate the same; but, as it is related in Genesis 24:47 ; the question was put before those were given, therefore some render the words, "and he had said", or, "and after he had said" F6 ויאמר "et dixerat", Drusius; "postquam dixisset", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. , namely, what follows; though, as Schmidt observes, the matter... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 24:24

And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah ,.... Which Milcah was the daughter of Haran, Abraham's elder brother, and, as thought by many, sister to Sarah, Abraham's wife, see Genesis 11:29 , which she bare unto Nahor ; Abraham's brother; so that her father was Nahor's son, not by his concubine Reumah, but by his lawful wife Milcah, which sets Rebekah's descent in a true light, see Genesis 22:20 ; whether she told her own name is not certain, it may be,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 24:25

She said moreover unto him ,.... In answer to the second question: we have both straw and provender enough ; for the camels, straw for their litter, and provender for their food, as hay, barley, &c.; and room to lodge in ; for him and his men; this she could venture to say, and invite him to come and take up his quarters in her father's house, without going home to relate the question put to her, and to have leave to give the invitation, knowing full well the generosity,... read more

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