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 ) .
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"The LORD has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become rich; and He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys.
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"Now Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him all that he has.
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"My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live;
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but you shall go to my father's house and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.'
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"I said to my master, 'Suppose the woman does not follow me.'