Genesis 24 · Verse 36

Genesis 24:36

And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
Genesis 24:36, King James Version

Genesis 24:36 in other translations

BSBMy master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
WEBSarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.
ASVAnd Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
YLTand Sarah, my lord's wife, beareth a son to my lord, after she hath been aged, and he giveth to him all that he hath.
DARBYAnd Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master after she had grown old; and unto him has he given all that he has.
BBEAnd when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.
WebsterAnd Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old: and to him hath he given all that he hath.

What does Genesis 24:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 24:32-49

32-49. the man came into the house, &c.--What a beautiful picture of piety, fidelity, and disinterestedness in a servant! He declined all attention to his own comforts till he had told his name and his errand.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 Unto him hath he given all that he hath - He has made Isaac his sole heir. These things appear to be spoken to show the relatives of Rebekah that his master's son was a proper match for her; for even in those primitive times there was regard had to the suitableness of station and rank in life, as well as of education, in order to render a match comfortable. Persons of dissimilar habits, as well as of dissimilar religious principles, are never likely to be very happy in a married life. Even the poor and the rich may better meet together in matrimonial alliances than the religious and the profane, the well-bred and the vulgar. A person may be unequally yoked in a great variety of ways: Bear ye one another's burdens is the command of God; but where there is unsuitableness in the dispositions, education, mental capacity, etc., of the persons, then one side is obliged to bear the whole burden, and endless dissatisfaction is the result. See at the end, Gen 24:67 (note).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 24:29-53

The making up of the marriage between Isaac and Rebekah is told very particularly. We are to notice God's providence in the common events of human life, and in them to exercise prudence and other graces. Laban went to ask Abraham's servant in, but not till he saw the ear-ring, and bracelet upon his sister's hands. We know Laban's character, by his conduct afterwards, and may think that he would not have been so free…

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Genesis 24:36 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתֵּ֡לֶדva.Te.ledand she has borneH3205
שָׂרָה֩sa.RahSarahH8283
אֵ֨שֶׁת'E.shet[the] wife ofH802
אֲדֹנִ֥י'a.do.Nimaster myH113
בֵן֙vena sonH1121
לַֽאדֹנִ֔יla.do.Nito master myH113
אַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
זִקְנָתָ֑הּzik.na.Tahold age herH2209
וַיִּתֶּן\־vai.yi.ten-and he has givenH5414
לּ֖וֹloto <the> him
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
לֽוֹ\׃lo[belongs] to <the> him

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 24:36

  • Genesis 25:5

    And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

  • Genesis 21:10

    Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

  • Genesis 21:1-7

    And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. …

  • Genesis 17:15-19

    And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! …

  • Romans 4:19

    And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:

  • Genesis 18:10-14

    And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? …

  • Genesis 11:29-30

    And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Sarah.
11:29,30; 17:15-19; 18:10-14; 21:1-7; Ro 4:19
unto.
21:10; 25:5

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Context

  • Genesis 24:35

    And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

  • Genesis 24:36

    And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

  • Genesis 24:37

    And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

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Genesis 24:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Sara, mujer de mi amo, parió en su vejez un hijo á mi señor, quien le ha dado todo cuanto tiene.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Sara, femme de mon seigneur, a dans sa vieillesse enfanté un fils à mon seigneur; et il lui a donné tout ce qu’il a.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Sara, das Weib meines Herrn, hat meinem Herrn einen Sohn geboren, nachdem sie alt geworden war; und er hat ihm alles gegeben, was er hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et peperit Sara uxor domini mei filium domino meo in senectute sua, deditque illi omnia quæ habuerat.