7The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Three things we may observe here concerning Abraham:— I. The care he took of a good son, to get him married, well married. It was high time to think of it now, for Isaac was about forty years old, and it had been customary with his ancestors to marry at thirty, or sooner, Gen. 11:14 , 18 , 22 , 24 . Abraham believed the promise of the building up of his family, and therefore did not make haste; no…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.