Genesis 24:48
And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
Genesis 24:48 in other translations
| BSB | Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son. |
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| WEB | I bowed my head, and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son. |
| ASV | And I bowed my head, and worshipped Jehovah, and blessed Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son. |
| YLT | and I bow, and do obeisance before Jehovah, and I bless Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, who hath led me in the true way to receive the daughter of my lord's brother for his son. |
| DARBY | And I stooped, and bowed down before Jehovah; and I blessed Jehovah,God of my master Abraham, who has led me the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son. |
| BBE | And with bent head I gave worship and praise to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, by whom I had been guided in the right way, to get the daughter of my master's brother for his son. |
| Webster | And I bowed my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son. |
What does Genesis 24:48 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.
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…
Genesis 24:48 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 24:48
- Genesis 24:26-27
And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord. And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
- Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
- Psalms 32:8
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
- Psalms 48:14
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
- Isaiah 48:17
Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
- Genesis 24:52
And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.
- Proverbs 4:11
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
- Genesis 22:23
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
- Ezra 8:21
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
- Psalms 107:7
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
- Exodus 18:20
And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
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Context
- Genesis 24:47
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
- Genesis 24:48
And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
- Genesis 24:49
And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
Genesis 24:48 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | E inclinéme, y adoré á Jehová, y bendije á Jehová, Dios de mi señor Abraham, que me había guiado por camino de verdad para tomar la hija del hermano de mi señor para su hijo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et je me suis incliné et je me suis prosterné devant l’ Éternel, et j’ai béni l’ Éternel, le Dieu de mon seigneur Abraham, qui m’a conduit par le vrai chemin, pour prendre la fille du frère de mon seigneur pour son fils. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und ich verneigte mich und warf mich nieder vor Jehova; und ich pries Jehova, den Gott meines Herrn Abraham, der mich den rechten Weg geleitet hat, um die Tochter des Bruders meines Herrn für seinen Sohn zu nehmen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Pronusque adoravi Dominum, benedicens Domino Deo domini mei Abraham, qui perduxit me recto itinere, ut sumerem filiam fratris domini mei filio ejus. |