26. קרד qādad — “bow the head.” השׁתחוה shâchâh — “bow the body.”

29. לבן lābān — “Laban, white.”

In this circum…

Laban and Bethuel. —See Note on Genesis 24:28. Even when mentioned so late, the father is placed after the brother; and we need no…

The thing proceedeth from the Lord. Since they are convinced by the man's account that God was the Author of this marriage, they declare t…

Then Laban and Bethuel answered
The order of the words in the original is, "then answered Laban and Bethuel"; the wo…

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…