Genesis 24:1-6

Isaac and Rebekah

1 Now Abraham [was] old, {advanced in age}, and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in everything.
2 And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh
3 that I may make you swear by Yahweh, 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 in whose midst I am dwelling,
4 but that you will go to my land and to my family, and take a wife for my son, for Isaac."
5 And the servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman will not be willing {to follow} me to this land--must I then return your son to the land from whence you came?"
6 Abraham said to him, "{You must take care} that you do not return my son there.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Literally "going in the days"
  • [b]. Literally "to go after"
  • [c]. Literally "let it be careful to you"
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