Genesis 24:10

And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his lord and went. And all the goods of his master were in his hand. And he arose and went to Aram, which is upon Phrath, the river, to the city of Nachor.

Targum Onkelos

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 sware to him concerning that matter.

11And he made the camels rest without the city at a well of waters in the evening time, at the time when they came forth to fill.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:26And Terach lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran.

Genesis 22:20And it was after these things it was shown to Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcha, also, hath born sons to Nachor, thy brother:

Genesis 27:43And now, my son, receive from me, and arise and go to Laban my brother at Haran,

Genesis 29:4And Jakob said to them, My brethren, whence are you? And they said, We are from Haran.

Genesis 39:8But be refused, and said to his master’s wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and all that he hath he hath delivered unto my hand;

Deuteronomy 23:4An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not be clean, so as to enter into the congregation of the Lord; neither to the tenth generation shall they be clean ever to enter the congregation of the Lord;

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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