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1. He Is Mentioned Only Once in the Torah by Name. Eliezer, the faithful servant of Abraham, is mentioned by name only once in Scripture, as part of a conversation between Abraham and G‑d.
ELIEZER, ELIEZAR ĕl ĕ ē’ zər ( אֱלִיעֶֽזֶר, God is help ). The name of eleven different individuals in the OT. 1. The head servant of Abraham ( Gen 15:2 ). According to the custom of that day, he was due to receive the inheritance of Abraham because Abraham then had no son as heir.
ELIEZERELIEZER (Heb. אֶלִיעֶזֶר; "God is help"), the steward of *Abraham's household (Gen. 15:2). Source for information on Eliezer: Encyclopaedia Judaica dictionary.
Eliezer. 1. Of Damascus, the lawful heir of Abraham, should he die childless, Genesis 15:2. He is generally assumed to be the "eldest servant," who was sent, sixty-five years afterwards, to obtain a wife for Isaac, Genesis 24:1-67.
Study the meaning of Eliezer in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Learn more about the biblical context and references of Eliezer.
Eliezer of Damascus was the steward of Abraham’s house and his presumed heir, before the birth of Isaac. When Abraham saw that his son Isaac was already forty years old and still unmarried, he decided that the time had come to find a bride for his son.
The common notion is that Eliezer was Abraham's house-born slave, adopted as his heir, and meanwhile his chief and confidential servant, and the same who was afterwards sent into Mesopotamia to seek a wife for Isaac (q.v.).
