Genesis 24:6

6 Abraham said to him, "Be sure you don't take my son back there.

Genesis 24:6 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 24:6

And Abraham said unto him
Not blaming him for putting such a question, nor charging him with impertinence, but plainly seeing the propriety of it: and in order to clear up this matter to him, gives the following instructions, beware thou, that thou bring not my son thither again;
for the command to come out of the land of Chaldea, never to return more, and to come into the land of Canaan, and there abide, respected both Abraham and his posterity; and besides, it was dangerous for Isaac to go into a family, where, though there was some knowledge of the true God, yet there was much superstition and idolatry in it, as appears by various hints in the sequel of this history, lest he should be corrupted, and degenerate from the true religion.

Genesis 24:6 In-Context

4 Go to my land and my family and find a wife for my son Isaac there."

5 The servant said to him, "What if the woman doesn't agree to come back with me to this land? Shouldn't I take your son back to the land you left?"

6 Abraham said to him, "Be sure you don't take my son back there.

7 The LORD, God of heaven—who took me from my father's household and from my family's land, who spoke with me and who gave me his word, saying, ‘I will give this land to your descendants'—he will send his messenger in front of you, and you will find a wife for my son there.

8 If the woman won't agree to come back with you, you will be free from this obligation to me. Only don't take my son back there."