Genesis 24:12 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 24:12

“O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray thee, good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.

KJV

And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.

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Commentary

2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) He pleads God's covenant with his master Abraham: O God of my master Abraham, show kindness to him. Note, As the children of good parents, so the servants of good masters, have peculiar encouragement in the prayers they offer to God for prosperity and success.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמַ֓ר׀	vai.yo.Mar	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	O Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵי֙	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
אֲדֹנִ֣י	'a.do.Ni	master my	H113 →
אַבְרָהָ֔ם	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
הַקְרֵה־	hak.reh-	make happen	H7136 →
נָ֥א	na'	please	H4994 →
לְפָנַ֖י	le.fa.Nai	<to> before me	H6440 →
הַיּ֑וֹם	hai.Yom	this day	H3117 →
וַעֲשֵׂה־	va.'a.seh-	and do	H6213 →
חֶ֕סֶד	Che.sed	covenant loyalty	H2617 →
עִ֖ם	'im	with	H5973 →
אֲדֹנִ֥י	'a.do.Ni	master my	H113 →
אַבְרָהָֽם׃	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 3:15
God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My…
leads to
- Genesis 17:7–8
  I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Hebrews 13:8
  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- Malachi 3:6
  “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- Hosea 12:5
  the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.
Through
Genesis 26:24
and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your…
leads to
- Exodus 3:6
  Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 15:1
  After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
Through
Exodus 3:6
Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to…
leads to
- Luke 20:37
  Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
- Matthew 22:32
  ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”