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26. קרד qādad — “bow the head.” השׁתחוה shâchâh — “bow the body.”
29. לבן lābān — “Laban, white.”
In this circum…

I will not eat, until I have told my errand. —Two points in Eastern customs are highlighted here: the first, that hospita…

I will not eat until I have told my errand. Moses begins to show by what means Rebekah's parents were induced to give her in marriage to t…

And there was set [meat] before them to eat
By the order of Bethuel or Laban, or both; or, "afterwards was set"

The arrangement of the marriage between Isaac and Rebekah is recounted in great detail. We should notice God's providence in the common events of h…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes