This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ...had already passed between Abraham and his servant on the subject; and that not only was Eliezer fully acquainted with his master's wishes, but that it had already been the subject of conversation between them, and therefore we may infer of prayer as well. And what is recorded in the beginning of this chapter seems ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ...had already passed between Abraham and his servant on the subject; and that not only was Eliezer fully acquainted with his master's wishes, but that it had already been the subject of conversation between them, and therefore we may infer of prayer as well. And what is recorded in the beginning of this chapter seems rather, if we may so express it, the beginning of the end, the result and close of, the conference before Eliezer's dismissal on his mission. The mode of taking an oath here mentioned is singular, and perhaps was confined to a covenant entered into by an inferior with a superior. In a preceding chapter we find Abraham declaring, with an oath, to the king of Sodom that he would recieve no gift from him for the service he had rendered; and his words are, "I have lifted up mine hand unto the Lord the most High God." But here he says to his servant, "Put thy hand under my thigh;" and we find Jacob afterwards calling upon his son Joseph to employ the same token of fidelity to a given promise. We have had no incidents recorded of any of Abraham's kindred and family since the day that in obedience to the Lord's commands he had quitted Haran. Whether any communications had passed between them we know not; probably they had mutually heard of each other's welfare, and how the Lord had prospered Abraham and had given him a son in his old age. It has been suggested, from the expressions in the 5th and 6th verses, that Isaac, and perhaps Abraham with him, had been to Haran on a visit to his relatives, and that it is to this Abraham alludes, when he says, "Thou shalt not bring my son hither again." But I do not think the suggestion at all probable, and the words are sufficiently clear, even in their literal meaning, that neither h...
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