Genesis 24:5
The worker asked, “What if the woman does not want to leave her homeland and come here. What do you want me to do then? Maybe I could send Isaac back there to find a wife for himself.”
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In The King James Version
In Context
4I want you to go back to my homeland, and get a wife for Isaac from my relatives.”
6Abraham answered, “No way! Make sure you do not take Isaac back to my homeland.
Cross References
Genesis 24:58They asked Rebekah, “Are you ready to go with this man and marry Isaac?” Rebekah answered, “Yes I am ready. I will go.”
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 →