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Genesis 24:4

Isaac
Marriage

2 So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,

3 and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”

5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”

6 Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
KJV
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
WEB
But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
ASV
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
DARBY
but thou shalt go to my land and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
BLB
But to my land and to my kindred you shall go, and you shall take a wife for my son, for Isaac.”
ÅB
men du skal dra til mitt eget land og til min slekt og hente en hustru til min sønn Isak.
OTB
men du skal dra til mitt hjemland og til min slekt og finne en hustru til min sønn Isak."
B1930
men du skal dra til mitt eget land og til min slekt og hente en hustru til min sønn Isak.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 28:2

    “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

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  • Genesis 22:20–23

    Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:

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  • Genesis 12:7

    Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

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  • Genesis 11:25–12:1

    And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

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