Genesis 24:4

But shalt goo vnto my contre and to my kynred and there take a wyfe vnto my sonne Isaac.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

In Context

3I maye make the swere by the LORde that is God of heauen and God of the erth that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the doughters of the canaanytes amonge which I dwell.

5Tha sayde the seruaunte vnto him: what ad yf the woma wyll not agree to come with me vnto this lade shall I brynge thy sonne agayne vnto the lande which thou camest out of:

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Cross References

Genesis 11:25and lyved after he had begot Terah an hundred and.xix. yere and begat sonnes and doughters.

Genesis 22:20And it chaused after these thiges that one tolde Abraham saynge: Beholde Milcha she hath also borne childern vnto thy brother Nachor:

Genesis 28:2but aryse ad gett the to Mesopotamia to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father: and there take the a wife of the doughters of Laban thi mothers brother.

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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