Genesis 24:5
The servant responded, “If the woman is not willing to come with me into this land, must I lead your son back to the place from which you departed?”
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4But that you will proceed to my land and kindred, and from there take a wife for my son Isaac.”
6And Abraham said: “Beware that you never lead my son back to that place.
Cross References
Genesis 24:58And when, having been called, she arrived, they wanted to know, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.”
Exodus 20:7You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. For the Lord will not hold harmless one who takes the name of the Lord his God falsely.
Jeremiah 4:2And you will swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth and in judgment and in justice.” And the Gentiles will bless him, and they will praise him.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:2-10
Abraham's Charges to His Servant. ( b. c. 1857.) 1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: 3 And I will make thee swear by the Lord , the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: 4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my… Read the whole commentary →