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A Godly Response to Aging
Commentators like John Calvin explain that Abraham's advanced age was not a time for passivity but a catalyst for action. It prompted him to ensure the future of his family and the covenant promise. This serves as a model for believers to use their later years to intentionally arrange their affairs and pass on a legacy of faith.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 24:1–67
18th Century
Theologian
26. קרד qādad — “bow the head.” השׁתחוה shâchâh — “bow the body.”
29. לבן lābān — “Laban, white.”
In this circum…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 24:1
19th Century
Bishop
Abraham was old. —As Isaac was thirty-seven years of age when Sarah died (Genesis 23:1), and forty at his marriage ([R…
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 24:1
19th Century
Preacher
Happy is the man who can say that, who has a blessing everywhere!
And yet Abraham had his "but," for Isaac was still unmarried, and perhaps h…
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John Calvin
On Genesis 24:1
16th Century
Theologian
And Abraham was old. Moses proceeds to the account of Isaac’s marriage, because Abraham, indeed, perceiving that he was worn down by old a…
John Gill
On Genesis 24:1
17th Century
Pastor
And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age
Being now one hundred and forty years of age, for as he was an hundr…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 24:1–9
17th Century
Minister
The effect of good example, good teaching, and the worship of God in a family will generally appear in the piety, faithfulness, prudence, and affec…