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Genesis 24:42

in Genesis 24

So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And I came this day unto the fountain, and said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

KJV

And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

This verse in Genesis 24

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

O Lord God of my master - As Abraham was the friend of God, Eliezer makes use of this to give weight and consequence to his petitions.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

And I came this day unto the well,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Note, It is good dealing with those who by prayer take God along with them in their dealings. [2.] How God had answered his prayer in the very letter of it.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Note, It is good dealing with those who by prayer take God along with them in their dealings. [2.] How God had answered his prayer in the very letter of it.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וָאָבֹ֥אand I came

    vaavo'H935 →2568 times

  • הַיּ֖וֹםthis day

    haiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הָעָ֑יִןthe spring

    haayinH5869 →887 times

  • וָאֹמַ֗רand I said

    vaomarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָה֙O Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵי֙[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • אֲדֹנִ֣יmaster my

    ʾadoniH113 →333 times

  • אַבְרָהָ֔םAbraham

    ʾavrahamH85 →175 times

  • אִם־if

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • יֶשְׁךָ־[are] there you

    yeshkha-H3426 →140 times

  • נָּא֙please

    na'H4994 →404 times

  • מַצְלִ֣יחַ[are] making successful

    matzliachH6743 →65 times

  • דַּרְכִּ֔יjourney my

    darkiH1870 →707 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • אָנֹכִ֖יI

    ʾanokhiH595 →359 times

  • הֹלֵ֥ךְ[am] going

    holekhH1980 →1546 times

  • עָלֶֽיהָ׃on it

    ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Psalms 37:5

    Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 16:3

      Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Peter 5:7

      Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

    • Philippians 4:6–7

      Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

    • Matthew 6:25

      Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more…

    • Psalms 55:22

      Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

  • Through

    Psalms 90:17

    May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 3:7

      So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 1:11

    O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him…

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 1:6

      let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that…

  • Through

    Ezra 8:21

    And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 20:3

      Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

Eliezer and Rebekah at the Well — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Eliezer and Rebekah at the Well — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.