Genesis 24:10

And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed; having all goodly things of his master's in his hand; and he arose, and went to Aram-naharaim, unto the city of Nahor.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

11And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:26And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 22:20And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying: 'Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor:

Genesis 27:43Now therefore, my son, hearken to my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

Genesis 29:4And Jacob said unto them: 'My brethren, whence are ye?' And they said: 'Of Haran are we.'

Genesis 39:8But he refused, and said unto his master's wife: 'Behold, my master, having me, knoweth not what is in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand;

Deuteronomy 23:4(23-5) because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Aram-naharaim, to curse thee.

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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