Genesis 24:4

But that thou go to my own country and kindred, and take a wife from thence for my son Isaac.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

In Context

3That I may make thee swear by the Lord the God of heaven and earth, that thou take not a wife for my son, of the daughters of the Chanaanites, among whom I dwell:

5The servant answered: If the woman will not come with me into this land, must I bring thy son back again to the place, from whence thou camest out?

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Cross References

Genesis 11:25And Nachor lived after he begot Thare, a hundred and nineteen years: and begot sons and daughters.

Genesis 22:20After these things, it was told Abraham that Melcha also had borne children to Nachor his brother.

Genesis 28:2But go, and take a journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bathuel thy mother's father, and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy uncle.

2 Chronicles 24:3And Joiada took for him two wives, by whom he had sons and daughters.

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 →

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