What does Genesis 24:1 mean?

Abraham was old and full of years. Scripture often uses this language at the end of a person's life to set up their final actions. Abraham, however, will apparently not die for another 35 years or so (Genesis 25:1–11). In fact, he will marry another wife and have several more children. Still, Abraham's conversation as reported in this chapter contains his final recorded words in Genesis.

Many times in Genesis, God promised to bless Abraham. This is one of the few verses which indicate that God had, indeed, blessed him "in all things." In addition to the birth of Isaac, God had blessed Abraham with great wealth and status in the land. He had not yet received the promised possession of the land of Canaan promised to his offspring, but Abraham was known as a man blessed by God in all things.