Genesis 24:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 24:3

A Bride for Isaac

1 Now Abraham ^awas old, well advanced in age; and the Lord ^bhad blessed Abraham in all things.

2 So Abraham said ^ato the oldest servant of his house, who ^bruled over all that he had, “Please, ^cput your hand under my thigh,

3 and I will make you ^aswear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that ^byou will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell;

4 ^abut you shall go ^bto my country and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”

5 And the servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?”

6 But Abraham said to him, “Beware that you do not take my son back there.

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Interlinear Bible for Genesis 24:3:

And I will make thee swear
shaba` (#7650) by the LORD,
Yhovah (#3068) the God
'elohiym (#430) of heaven,
shamayim (#8064) and the God
'elohiym (#430) of the earth,
'erets (#776) that
'aher (#834) thou shalt not
lo' (#3808) take
laqach (#3947) a wife
'ishshah (#802) unto my son
ben (#1121) of the daughters
min (#4480) of the Canaanites,
Kna`aniy (#3669) among
qereb (#7130) whom
'aher (#834) I
'anokiy (#595) dwell:
yashab (#3427)

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