John Gill Commentary Genesis 24:42

"And I came this day unto the fountain, and said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go." — Genesis 24:42 (ASV)

And I came this day unto the well Hither he was come at length by several days' journey; not on the same day he came from Abraham, as the Jewish writers say ^F14, by means of a miracle: and said, O Lord God of my master Abraham;

Being come to the well, he prayed as follows: if now you prosper the way which I go; his meaning is, that if it was the pleasure of God that he should succeed in what he was come about, that he would let him know it by a token; and in (Genesis 24:42–48) he relates the token he desired, which was granted him, and his success, as before recorded, from (Genesis 24:21–27) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F14: T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 95. 1. Bereshit Rabba, sect. 59. fol. 52. 2. Jarchi in loc.