Genesis 24:6

Abraham said to him, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there!

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In The King James Version

And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

In Context

5The servant said to him, “What if the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land? Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?”

7Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my relatives, and who promised me with a solemn oath saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land,' he will send his angel before you, and you will get a wife for my son from there.

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Cross References

Hebrews 10:39But we are not any of those who turn back to destruction. Instead, we are some of those who have faith for keeping our soul.

Hebrews 11:13It was in faith that all these died without receiving the promises. Instead, after seeing and greeting them from far off, they admitted that they were foreigners and exiles on earth.

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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