THEOSISGenesis 24:42Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And I came today to the well of water, and said: O Lord God of my master, Abraham, if thou hast prospered my way, wherein I now walk,
וָאָבֹ֥א הַיּ֖וֹם אֶל־הָעָ֑יִן וָאֹמַ֗ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֔ם אִם־יֶשְׁךָ־נָּא֙ מַצְלִ֣יחַ דַּרְכִּ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י הֹלֵ֥ךְ עָלֶֽיהָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Neh 1:11I beseech thee, O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy name: and direct thy servant this day, and give him mercy before this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
- Rom 1:10Always in my prayers making request, if by any means now at length I may have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you.
- Gen 24:12O Lord, the God of my master, Abraham, meet me today, I beseech thee, and shew kindness to my master, Abraham.
- Gen 24:14Now, therefore, the maid to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher that I may drink: and she shall answer, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let it be the same whom thou hast provided for thy servant Isaac: and by this, I shall understand that thou hast shewn kindness to my master.
- Ps 90 (89):17
- Ezra 8:21And I proclaimed there a fast by the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before the Lord our God, and might ask of him a right way for us and for our children, and for all our substance.
- Ps 37 (36):5
- Gen 24:31And said to him: Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; why standest thou without? I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.