Genesis 24:6

And Abraham said: Beware thou never bring my son back again thither.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

In Context

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?

7The Lord God of heaven, who took me out of my father's house, and out of my native country, who spoke to me, and swore to me, saying: To thy seed will I give this land: he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take from thence a wife for my son.

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Cross References

Hebrews 10:39But we are not the children of withdrawing unto perdition, but of faith to the saving of the soul.

Hebrews 11:13All these died according to faith, not having received the promises, but beholding them afar off, and saluting them, and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth.

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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