Genesis 24:10

And the seruaunt toke ten Camelles of the Camelles of his maister, & departed (& had of al maner of goods of his maister with him) and so he arose & went to Mesopotamia, vnto ye citie of Nachor.

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In The King James Version

And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

In Context

9And the seruaunt put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his maister, and sware to hym as concernyng yt matter.

11And made his Camelles to lye downe without the citie by a welles side of water at euen, about the time that women come out to drawe water.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:26Tarah liued seuentie yeres, and begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran.

Genesis 22:20And after these thynges, one tolde Abraham, saying: beholde Milcha, she hath also borne chyldren vnto thy brother Nachor,

Genesis 27:43Nowe therefore my sonne heare my voyce: make thee redy, and flee to Laban my brother at Haran,

Genesis 29:4And Iacob saide vnto them: My brethren, whence be ye? And they sayde: of Haran are we.

Genesis 39:8But he refused, and sayde vnto his maisters wyfe: Beholde, my maister woteth not what he hath in the house with me, and hath committed all that he hath to my hande.

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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