They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your offspring possess the gate of those who hate them.”
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They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your offspring possess the gate of those who hate them.”
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And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
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And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her: 'Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them.'
Cross-references (12)
Passages linked to Genesis 24:60 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 22:17 that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.
- Genesis 17:16 I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.”
- Ruth 4:11-12 All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem. Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which Yahweh will give you by this young woman.”
- Genesis 28:3 May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
- Genesis 1:28 God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
- Genesis 9:1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Genesis 48:15-16 He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day, the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
- Genesis 48:20 He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in you, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’ ” He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
- Genesis 14:19 He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.
- Leviticus 25:46 You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession. Of them you may take your slaves forever, but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.
- Deuteronomy 21:19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place.
- Daniel 7:10 A fiery stream issued and came out from before him. Thousands of thousands ministered to him. Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The judgment was set. The books were opened.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, let it be victorious over his enemies:…
That is, let it be victorious over his enemies: which blessing is fully accomplished in Jesus Christ.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto…
Gen 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
Ver. 60. Be thou the mother of thousands.] Votum nuptiale, Hebraeis solenne. We wish them joy, we assure them sorrow, and that in the flesh, where they look for most felicity.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thou art our sister, i.e. our near kinswoman; distance…
Thou art our sister, i.e. our near kinswoman; distance of place shall not alienate our affections from thee, but we shall still own thee as our sister, and, as far as we can, be ready to perform all the duties of brethren to thee.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For she had said unto the servant,.... As soon…
For she had said unto the servant,.... As soon as she saw a man walking towards them, who she thought with herself might be Isaac:
what man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? for by the course he steered, she perceived that he was coming towards them, and so concluded it must be one of the family, and probably the person she was to be married to; for otherwise, had he not by his look and motion discovered that he knew the servant, and was coming towards them, she would have took no notice of him
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and the servant had said, it is my master: meaning not Abraham, but his son, who also was his master:
therefore she took a veil, and covered herself; both out of modesty, and as a token of subjection to him: for the veil was put on when the bride was introduced to the bridegroom, as among the Romans (x) in later times. The Arab women always have veils when they appear in public, so that their faces cannot be seen; and though in the summer months they walk abroad with less caution, yet then, upon the approach of a stranger, they put on their veils (y).
(x) Vid. Lucan. l. 2. & Martial. Epigr. l. 2. 74. (y) See Shaw's Travels, p. 228. Tertullian. de Virgin. Veland, c. 17.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 60. Be thou the mother of thousands of…
Verse 60. Be thou the mother of thousands of millions] לאלפי רבבה lealphey rebabah, for thousands ten thousand, or for myriads of thousands, a large family being ever considered, in ancient times, as a proof of the peculiar blessing and favour of God. Similar addresses to a daughter, when she is going from her father's house to live with her husband, are very common among the Hindoos; such as, "Be thou the mother of a son," "Be thou the wife of a king," &c. See Ward.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Gen 24:60. They blessed Rebekah — The meaning of…
Gen 24:60. They blessed Rebekah — The meaning of this verse is, that they prayed God to make her very fruitful, and to render her posterity victorious over their enemies. They said, Thou art our sister — Our near kinswoman; distance of place shall not alienate our affections from thee; but we will still own thee as our sister, and be ready to perform all the duties of brethren to thee.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 60. Blessed Rebekah — This parting blessing rises to…
60. Blessed Rebekah — This parting blessing rises to the poetic fervor of a song, and may be put as follows:
And they blessed Rebekah,
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And they said unto her,
Our sister art thou.
Be thou [increased] to thousands of myriads,
And let thy seed possess the gate of them that hate him.
The signal interpositions of Jehovah inspire them with a presentiment of Rebekah’s future honour.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 60. And they blessed Rebekah] The farewell blessing and…
60. And they blessed Rebekah] The farewell blessing and good wishes of the family referred in Oriental fashion to the two objects of desire, (1) that she should be the mother of many descendants; and (2) that they should be victorious over their enemies.
possess the gate of] Cf. Gen_22:17. “The possessors of the gate” were the controllers of the affairs of the city.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (60) Thousands of millions.—Heb., thousands of ten thousands. A…
(60) Thousands of millions.—Heb., thousands of ten thousands. A million was a number which at this early period the Hebrews had no means of expressing. The blessing contains two parts: the first, the hope of fruitfulness founded on the primæval command (Gen_1:28); the second, that of victory in war (see Gen_22:17).
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 24:60 At Rebekah’s departure, her family invoked the blessing…
24:60 At Rebekah’s departure, her family invoked the blessing that she would be a mother of many millions and that her descendants would conquer . . . their enemies. Rebekah’s marriage to Isaac was part of God’s plan to bless all humankind (12:1-3).
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