Genesis 24:5
And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to come after me to this land, returning am I to return thy son to the land from which thou hast gone forth?
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
4But to my country and to my kindred thou wilt go, and take a wife for my son Izhak.
6And Abraham said to him, Take care that thou return not my son thither;
Cross References
Genesis 24:58And they called Revekah, and said to her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
Exodus 20:7Thou shalt not swear in the name of the Lord thy God vainly; for the Lord will not acquit him who sweareth in His Name with falsity.
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 →