Genesis 24:10

And he took ten camels of the flock of his lord, and went forth, and bare with him of all the goods of his lord, (or And then he took ten camels from his lord’s herd, and went forth, and took with him many good things from his lord); and he went forth, and came 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

9Therefore the servant putted his hand under the hip of Abraham, his lord, and swore to him on this word (or and swore to him on this matter).

11And when he had made the camels to rest without the city (or And when he had made the camels to rest outside the city), beside a well of water, in the eventide, in that time in which women be wont to go out to draw water,

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Cross References

Genesis 11:26And Terah lived seventy years, and (then) begat Abram + 11:26 God would later change Abram’s name to Abraham., Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 22:20And so when these things were done, it was told to Abraham that also Milcah had borne sons to Nahor his brother; (And after these things were done, it was told to Abraham that Milcah had borne sons to his brother Nahor;)

Genesis 27:43now therefore, my son, hear thou my voice, and rise thou up, and flee to Laban, my brother, into Haran, (or and flee to my brother Laban, in Haran);

Genesis 29:4And Jacob said to the shepherds, Brethren, of whence be ye? Which answered, Of Haran, (or And they answered, We come from Haran).

Genesis 39:8which assented not to the unleaveful work, and said to her, Lo! while all things be betaken to me, my lord wot not what he hath in his house, (who assented not to the unlawful deed, and said to her, Behold! while he hath entrusted all his things to me, my lord knoweth not what he hath in his own house,)

Deuteronomy 23:4for they would not come to you with bread and water in the way, when ye went out of Egypt; and for they hired against thee Balaam, the son of Beor, of Mesopotamia of Syria, that he should curse thee; (because they would not come to you with bread and water on the way, when ye went out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam, the son of Beor, from Pethor in Mesopotamia, 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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