Genesis 24:10

Then the servant arranged for ten of his master's camels to carry all kinds of valuable gifts from Abraham and left for the town of Nahor in Aram-naharaim.

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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

9The servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to do as he had been told.

11Arriving in the evening, he had the camels kneel down by the spring that was outside the town. This was the time when women went out to fetch water.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:26When Terah was 70, he had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 22:20Sometime later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has had sons for your brother Nahor.”

Genesis 27:43So, my son, listen carefully to what I tell you. Leave immediately and go to my brother Laban in Haran.

Genesis 29:4Jacob asked them, “My brothers, where are you from?” “We're from Haran,” they replied.

Genesis 39:8But he turned her down, telling his master's wife, “Look, my master trusts me so much he doesn't even bother to find out how his household is running. He's put me in charge of everything he owns—

Deuteronomy 23:4For they did not come to meet you with food and water on your journey from Egypt, and they hired Balaam, son of Beor, from Pethor in Mesopotamia, to curse you.

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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