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Genesis 24:4

Instead, go to my homeland where my relatives live, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.”

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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

3and swear an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you won't arrange for my son to marry any daughter of the these Canaanite people that I'm living among.

5“What if the woman refuses to come back with me to this country?” the servant asked. “Should I take your son back to the country you came from?”

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Cross References

Genesis 11:25Nahor lived another 119 years after Terah was born and had other sons and daughters.

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

Genesis 28:2“Leave right away and go to Paddan-aram, to the home of Bethuel, your mother's father. Find yourself a wife there—a daughter of Laban, your mother's brother.

2 Chronicles 24:3Jehoiada arranged for him to marry two wives, and he had sons and 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 →

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