And my master made me swear (See Gill on Genesis 24:3). In ( Genesis 24:37-41 ) , the servant relates the oath his master made him take, and the charge he gave him, much in the same language as in ( Genesis 24:3-8 ) .
35
God has blessed my master - he's a great man; God has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, servants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
36
And then to top it off, Sarah, my master's wife, gave him a son in her old age and he has passed everything on to his son.
37
My master made me promise, 'Don't get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I live.
38
No, go to my father's home, back to my family, and get a wife for my son there.'
39
I said to my master, 'But what if the woman won't come with me?'
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