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Genesis 24:54

in Genesis 24

Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

KJV

And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

This verse in Genesis 24

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

And they did eat and drink - When Eliezer had got a favorable answer, then he and his servants sat down to meat; this he had refused to do till he had told his message, Gen 24:33.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And they did eat and drink, he, and the men that were with him,....

A commentator

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

proposed

And they did eat and drink, he, and the men that were with him,....

The words behind it

12 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.

  • וַיֹּאכְל֣וּand they ate

    vaiyokheluH398 →810 times

  • וַיִּשְׁתּ֗וּand they drank

    vaiyishtuH8354 →217 times

  • ה֛וּאhe

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֥יםand the men

    vehaanashimH582 →566 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־who

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • עִמּ֖וֹ[were] with him

    imoH5973 →1050 times

  • וַיָּלִ֑ינוּand they stayed [the] night

    vaiyalinuH3885 →84 times

  • וַיָּק֣וּמוּand they arose

    vaiyakumuH6965 →628 times

  • בַבֹּ֔קֶרin the morning

    vabokerH1242 →214 times

  • וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • שַׁלְּחֻ֥נִיsend away me

    shalechuniH7971 →845 times

  • לַֽאדֹנִֽי׃to master my

    ladoniH113 →333 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

    Proverbs 22:29

    Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 11:28

      Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.

    • Matthew 25:21

      His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

    • Proverbs 12:24

      The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

    • Matthew 25:23

      His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

    • Proverbs 10:4

      Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

  • Through

    Genesis 24:59

    So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 35:8

      Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.

  • Through

    Ecclesiastes 7:10

    Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 14:2–3

      The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

    • Isaiah 50:1

      This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for…

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 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).