Genesis 24:59

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

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Interpretation

Abraham's servant, as one that chose his work before his pleasure, was for hastening home. Lingering and loitering no way become a wise and good man who is faithful to his duty.

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This thought runs through Genesis 24:59-60.

Genesis 24:59 Genesis 24:60

Glossary

Rebekah Person: A noose, the daughter of Bethuel, and the wife of Isaac ( Gen. 22:23 ; 24:67 ). The circumstances under which Abraham’s “steward” found her at the “city of Nahor,” in Padan-aram, are narrated in Gen. 24-27.