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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 24:31
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he said, come in, thou blessed of the Lord, etc.] Both with temporal and spiritual blessings; he concluded he was blessed with the former by the presents he had made to his sister, and by the men that attended him, and the number of camels that were with him; and with the latter by his devotion, his worshipping of God, and thankfulness to him, which Rebekah had observed and related: some Jewish writers say f1326, he thought he was Abraham, and therefore gave him this title and this invitation to come into the house: wherefore standest thou without? this he said either as reproving him that he did not follow his sister upon her invitation, or rather as pressing him to make no more delay: for I have prepared the house: swept it clean, or ordered it to be so, as the word f1327 signifies; had fitted and furnished it with everything convenient for him and those with him: Jonathan and Jarchi interpret it of purging the house from idols and strange worship, which he knew would be offensive to Abraham, or any that belonged to him; but the former sense is best: and room for the camels; he had ordered the stable to be cleansed also, and everything provided there fit for the camels; so that some time elapsed between Rebekah’s return home and Laban’s coming to the well, though no doubt everything was done with as much dispatch as possible.
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