Genesis 24:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure.

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  • Gen 13:2 : 2 Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.
  • Gen 18:11 : 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.
  • Gen 21:5 : 5 Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.
  • Gen 24:35 : 35 The Lord has given my master every blessing, and he has become great: he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men-servants and women-servants and camels and asses.
  • Gen 25:20 : 20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.
  • Gal 3:9 : 9 So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
  • 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.
  • Gen 49:25 : 25 Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:
  • 1 Kgs 1:1 : 1 Now King David was old and far on in years; and though they put covers over him, his body was cold.
  • Ps 112:1-3 : 1 Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws. 2 His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright. 3 A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
  • Luke 1:7 : 7 And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 24:2
    77%

    2And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:

  • Gen 24:34-36
    3 verses
    77%

    34And he said, I am Abraham's servant.

    35The Lord has given my master every blessing, and he has become great: he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men-servants and women-servants and camels and asses.

    36And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.

  • Gen 17:24
    75%

    24Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision.

  • Gen 18:11
    75%

    11Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.

  • Gen 18:18
    74%

    18Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

  • Gen 21:5
    74%

    5Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.

  • Gen 14:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:

    20And let the Most High God be praised, who has given into your hands those who were against you. Then Abram gave him a tenth of all the goods he had taken.

  • Gen 21:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.

    2And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.

  • Gen 25:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7Now the years of Abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five.

    8And Abraham came to his death, an old man, full of years; and he was put to rest with his people.

  • Gen 25:5
    73%

    5Now Abraham gave all his property to Isaac;

  • Gen 25:11
    72%

    11Now after the death of Abraham, the blessing of God was with Isaac, his son.

  • Heb 6:14
    72%

    14Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.

  • Gen 21:22
    72%

    22Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.

  • Gen 28:4
    72%

    4And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

  • Gen 22:1
    72%

    1Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

  • Gen 12:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

    3To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

    4So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.

  • Gen 24:12
    72%

    12And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.

  • Gen 26:12
    71%

    12Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.

  • Josh 24:3
    71%

    3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.

  • Gen 17:17
    71%

    17Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

  • Gen 15:1
    71%

    1After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.

  • Gen 24:9
    71%

    9And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing.

  • Gen 21:24
    70%

    24And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.

  • Gen 24:27
    70%

    27And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.

  • Gen 26:3
    70%

    3Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

  • Gen 17:1
    70%

    1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

  • Gen 20:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.

    18For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • Gen 26:24
    70%

    24That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.

  • Gen 13:2
    70%

    2Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.

  • Gen 22:18
    70%

    18And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.

  • Gen 25:19
    70%

    19Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:

  • Gen 24:66
    70%

    66Then the servant gave Isaac the story of all he had done.

  • Gen 18:13
    70%

    13And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?

  • Gen 24:48
    70%

    48And with bent head I gave worship and praise to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, by whom I had been guided in the right way, to get the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

  • Gen 24:42
    70%

    42And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,

  • Gen 24:52
    70%

    52And at these words, Abraham's servant went down on his face and gave praise to the Lord.

  • Josh 23:1
    69%

    1Now after a long time, when the Lord had given Israel rest from wars on every side, and Joshua was old and full of years,