Genesis 24:63 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 24:63

Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.

KJV

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Isaac went out to meditate - לשוח lasuach, to bend down the body, or the mind, or both. He was probably in deep thought, with his eyes fixed upon the ground. What the subject of his meditation was it is useless to inquire; he was a pious man, and could not be triflingly employed.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Merciful providences are then doubly comfortable, when they find us in the way of our duty: some think Isaac was now praying for good success in this affair, and meditating upon that which was proper to encourage his hope in God concerning it; and now when he sets himself, as it were, upon his watch-tower, to see what God would answer him, he sees the camels coming.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Meditation and prayer ought to be both our business and our delight when we are alone; while we have a God, a Christ, and a heaven, to acquaint ourselves with, and to secure our interest in, we need not want matter either for meditation or prayer, which, if they go together, will mutually befriend each other.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּצֵ֥א	vai.ye.Tze'	and he went out	H3318 →
יִצְחָ֛ק	yitz.Chak	Isaac	H3327 →
לָשׂ֥וּחַ	la.Su.ach	to meditate	H7742 →
בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה	ba.sa.Deh	in the field	H7704 →
לִפְנ֣וֹת	lif.Not	to [the] turning of	H6437 →
עָ֑רֶב	'A.rev	evening	H6153 →
וַיִּשָּׂ֤א	vai.yi.Sa'	and he lifted up	H5375 →
עֵינָיו֙	'ei.Nav	eyes his	H5869 →
וַיַּ֔רְא	vai.Yar'	and he saw	H7200 →
וְהִנֵּ֥ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
גְמַלִּ֖ים	ge.ma.Lim	camels	H1581 →
בָּאִֽים׃	ba.'Im	[were] coming	H935 →

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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
Joshua 1:8
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper…
leads to
- Psalms 119:15
  I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
- Psalms 19:14
  May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
- Colossians 3:16
  Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to…
- Proverbs 3:1
  My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
- Deuteronomy 29:9
  So keep and follow the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all you do.
Through
Psalms 1:2
But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
leads to
- Joshua 1:8
  This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper…
- Psalms 119:92
  If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
- Psalms 119:11
  I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.