Genesis 24:28
in Genesis 24The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the damsel ran, and told her mother’s house according to these words.
KJV
And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.
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This verse in Genesis 24
Commentary
8 notes on this verseHer mother’s house - Some have conjectured from this that her father Bethuel was dead; and the person called Bethuel, Gen 24:50, was a younger brother. This is possible, but the mother’s house might be mentioned were even the father alive; for in Asiatic countries the women have apartments entirely separate from those of the men, in which their little children and grown-up daughters reside with them. This was probably the case here, though it is very likely that Bethuel was dead, as the whole business appears to be conducted by Rebekah’s brothers.
This site's exposition
The girl ran and told her mother's household
on Genesis 24:28-31
Laban enters the book here. He rushed out to the man, and the reason follows next, that he had seen the ring and her bracelets. Then comes the welcome: you who are blessed by the LORD. He will bargain over Jacob's wages for twenty years in chapters 29 to 31.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
When he saw the child's candor and learned everything from her clearly, then he in turn made known to her who he was. Through his thanksgiving to God, he made clear to her the fact that he had not come from some alien house but that the man who had sent him was brother to Nahor. On learning this "the girl ran off," the text says, with great joy. See how in everything done by her she shows her enthusiasm for hospitality—by running, by her words, by her restraint. Note that the text says, "She ran and reported these words in her mother's house." She made known to her parents everything she had heard from the servant. "Laban ran to the one outside at the spring," the text continues. Notice also this man showing his interest by running; seeing the person standing at the spring with the camels, "he said to him, 'Come inside—blessed by the Lord—why stay outside? I have made ready the house and a place for the camels.' " Observe this man also blessing the Lord at the arrival of the stranger and making earnest supplication before putting hospitality into practice. "Come inside," he says; "I have taken the precaution of 'making ready the house and a place for the camels.'
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
But when he has the desired success, he worships God, not the angel. Whatever benefit we have by the ministration of angels, all the glory must be given to the Lord of the angels, Rev. xxii.
) of the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, they concluded him a good man, and therefore blessed of the Lord. Note, Those that are blessed of God should be welcome to us. It is good owning those whom God owns.
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Thus God swears his servants to their work, that, having sworn, they may perform it. Swearing being an ordinance, not peculiar to the church, but common to mankind, is to be performed by such signs as are the common usages of our country. God's angels are ministering spirits, sent forth, not only for the protection, but guidance of the heirs of promise, Heb. i, 14.
And the damsel ran,....
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
and told them of her mother's house these things--the female apartments. This family was in an advanced stage of pastoral life, dwelling in a settled place and a fixed habitation.
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The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתָּ֙רָץ֙ | vatarotz | and she ran | H7323 → | 103 times |
| הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ | hanaara | the young woman | H5291 → | 63 times |
| וַתַּגֵּ֖ד | vataged | and she told | H5046 → | 370 times |
| לְבֵ֣ית | leveit | to [the] household of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אִמָּ֑הּ | ʾimah | mother her | H517 → | 220 times |
| כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים | kadevarim | according to the things | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
וַתָּ֙רָץ֙and she ran
vatarotzH7323 →103 times
הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔the young woman
hanaaraH5291 →63 times
וַתַּגֵּ֖דand she told
vatagedH5046 →370 times
לְבֵ֣יתto [the] household of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
אִמָּ֑הּmother her
ʾimahH517 →220 times
כַּדְּבָרִ֖יםaccording to the things
kadevarimH1697 →1440 times
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 24:48Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother…
it leads to
- Proverbs 3:5–6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
- Genesis 24:26–27
Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
- Psalms 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
- Psalms 48:14
For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
- Proverbs 3:5–6
Through
Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
it leads to
- Ephesians 5:22–33
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
- Song of Solomon 8:2
I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
- Genesis 25:20
and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
- Ephesians 5:22–33
Through
Genesis 31:33So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
it leads to
- Genesis 24:67
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
- Genesis 24:67
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 48.19; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.