Genesis 24:4
I want you to go back to my homeland, and get a wife for Isaac from my relatives.”
Barkly (portions)
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
Cross References
Genesis 11:25Nahor lived for 119 years after he had Terah and he had more sons and daughters.
Genesis 22:20Later on, someone came from Abraham's homeland with news about his family. Abraham heard that his brother Nahor's first wife named Milcah had given birth to 8 sons. Their names were, Uz who was the eldest, Buz, Kemuel, who later had a son named Aram, Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaf and Bethuel. Bethuel grew up and had a daughter named Rebekah.
Genesis 28:2I want you to leave Canaan straight away, and go to where your mother's father, Bethuel lives in Harran. Your uncle Laban lives there too. Go and marry one of his 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 →