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Gen 24:67 — And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's [death].

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

his mother		Gen 18:6,9,10; Sgs 8:2; Isa 54:1-5
Sarah's tent		Sarah, being dead, her tent, which, according to the custom of the east, was distinct from that of Abraham, became now appropriated to the use of Rebekah.
and took		Gen 2:22-24; 2Cr 11:1,2; Eph 5:22-33
comforted		Gen 37:35; Gen 38:12; 1Th 4:13,15

Correlating Passages

his mother

	Gen 18:6	And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead [it], and make cakes upon the hearth.
	Gen 18:9	And they said unto him, Where [is] Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
	Gen 18:10	And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard [it] in the tent door, which [was] behind him.
	Sgs 8:2	I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother's house, [who] would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
	Isa 54:1	Sing, O barren, thou [that] didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou [that] didst not travail with child: for more [are] the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
	Isa 54:2	Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
	Isa 54:3	For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
	Isa 54:4	Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
	Isa 54:5	For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

and took

	Gen 2:22	And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
	Gen 2:23	And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
	Gen 2:24	Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
	2Cr 11:1	Would to God ye could bear with me a little in [my] folly: and indeed bear with me.
	2Cr 11:2	For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ.
	Eph 5:22	Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
	Eph 5:23	For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
	Eph 5:24	Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.
	Eph 5:25	Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
	Eph 5:26	That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
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comforted

	Gen 37:35	And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
	Gen 38:12	And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
	1Th 4:13	But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
	1Th 4:15	For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 24:67," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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