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The servant took ten camels, of his master`s camels, and departed, having all goodly things of his master`s in his hand. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
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A Display of God's Blessing
Commentators explain that the ten camels and valuable goods were a deliberate display of Abraham's wealth. This served a practical purpose: to assure the prospective bride and her family that she would be moving to a prosperous home and would be well cared for, making the offer to leave her homeland more attractive. This wealth was a tangible sign of God's blessing on Abraham.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
26. קרד qādad — “bow the head.” השׁתחוה shâchâh — “bow the body.”
29. לבן lābān — “Laban, white.”
In this circum…
19th Century
Anglican
And the servant. —Why did Isaac not go himself in search of a wife? We must not conclude from his inactivity that the matter did n…
Baptist
Now I think I may freely say that this looks something like what we call "a wild-goose chase." He was to go and find a wife for a young man left at…
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16th Century
Protestant
And the servant took ten camels. He takes the camels with him to prove that Abraham is a man of great wealth, so that he might more easily…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master , and departed Camels we…
Abraham's servant devoutly acknowledged God. We are permitted to be specific in entrusting our affairs to the care of Divine providence. He propose…
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