Genesis 24:35 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Genesis 24:35

33 Food was set before him to eat, but he said, ^a“I will not eat until I have told about my errand.” And he said, “Speak on.”

34 So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant.

35 The Lord ^ahas blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

36 And Sarah my master’s wife ^abore a son to my master when she was old; and ^bto him he has given all that he has.

37 Now my master ^amade me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;

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the man came into the house, etc.—What a beautiful picture of piety, fidelity, and disinterestedness in a servant! He declined all attention to his own comforts till he had told his name and his errand.

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