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, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female slaves, and camels and donkeys.
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Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.
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My master put me under this oath: 'You will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I live
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but will go to my father's household and to my family to take a wife for my son.'
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But I said to my master, 'Suppose the woman will not come back with me?'