Genesis 24:10

So the seruant tooke ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed: (for he had all his masters goods in his hand:) and so he arose, and went to Aram Naharaim, vnto the citie of Nahor.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

9Then the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter.

11And he made his camels to lye downe without the citie by a well of water, at euentide about the time that the women come out to draw water.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:26So Terah liued seuentie yeeres, and begate Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 22:20And after these things one tolde Abraham, saying, Beholde Milcah, she hath also borne children vnto thy brother Nahor:

Genesis 27:43Now therefore my sonne, heare my voyce, arise, and flee thou to Haran to my brother Laban,

Genesis 29:4And Iaakob sayde vnto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they answered, We are of Haran.

Genesis 39:8But he refused and said to his masters wife, Beholde, my master knoweth not what he hath in the house with me, but hath committed all that he hath to mine hande.

Deuteronomy 23:4Because they met you not with bread and water in the way, when yee came out of Egypt, and because they hyred against thee Balaam the sonne of Beor, of Pethor in 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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