Genesis 24:10

The servant took ten of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

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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

9The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

11He made the camels kneel down outside 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 11:26Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 22:20After these things, Abraham was told, “Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

Genesis 27:43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.

Genesis 29:4Jacob said to them, “My relatives, where are you from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”

Genesis 39:8But he refused, and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, my master doesn’t know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand.

Deuteronomy 23:4because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

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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