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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comTreasury Of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 24:53 - 24:53
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jewels: Heb. vessels, The original word denotes vessels, utensils, instruments, furniture, or dress; and these presented by Abraham's servant might have been of various kinds. Exo 3:22, Exo 11:2, Exo 12:35
brother: No mention is made of her father.
precious: This term, rendered "precious things," as may be seen in the parallel texts, is used to express exquisite fruits or delicacies, and precious plants or flowers, but here it may mean gifts in general, though rather of an inferior kind to those mentioned above. Deu 33:13-16; 2Ch 21:3; Ezr 1:6; Son 4:13; Isa 39:2