Bible Strands
Genesis 24:36
My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The servant addresses his relatives, following his report of Abraham’s wealth, to explain the inheritance arrangement before detailing the marriage oath.
The words — The verb וַתֵּ֡לֶד (va./Te.led) literally means “and she has borne,” while the prepositional phrase אַחֲרֵ֖י זִקְנָתָ֑/הּ (a./cha.Rei zik.na.Ta/h) translates to “after her old age,” marking the biological impossibility of the event.
The thread — The text states that the master gave everything to the son, a pattern repeated in Genesis 25:5 where Abraham leaves his entire estate to Isaac, and fulfills the promise recorded in Genesis 21:1 regarding Sarah’s child.
Why it lands — The verse explicitly records the transfer of all possessions to the aged mother’s son, which requires the reader to acknowledge that the covenant line depends on divine provision rather than human succession.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
Cross-references
- Genesis 25:5 Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
- Genesis 21:10 and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
- Genesis 21:1 Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
- Genesis 17:15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
- Genesis 18:10 Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.
- Romans 4:19 Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
- Genesis 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.