Abraham’s instructions to the servants reveal the patriarch’s ultimate trust in God’s provision (“we will come back”); his faith is therefore a testimonial to the servants as well as to the boy (cf. Heb 11:17–19).
Kenneth A. Mathews
All of God’s truly great leaders had been servants to the people—Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and especially David—but Solomon had chosen to be a celebrity and not a servant, and Rehoboam was following his bad example.
Warren W. Wiersbe
Bible Characters fall into four classes: those who are great but not good; those who are good but not great; those who are neither good nor great; and those who are both great and good.
