I asked her, and said, `Whose daughter are you?` She said, `The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor`s son, whom Milcah bare to him.` I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

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

29. לבן lābān — “Laban, white.”

In this circum…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Upon her face. —Hebrew, upon her nose. This mistranslation explains the strange rendering jewel for the forehead

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter [art] thou ?
&c.] (See Gill on Genesis 24:23).

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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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