Genesis 24:3
And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven,
and
the God of earth
The Maker and possessor of heaven and earth, by whom Abraham used
to swear whenever he did, and by whom only men should swear, see
( Genesis
14:22 ) . The Targum of Jonathan is,
``I will make thee swear by the name of the Word of the Lord
God,''
which strengthens the sense given of the rite before observed:
that thou wilt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters
of the
Canaanites, among whom I dwell;
these being not only idolaters, and very wicked people, degenerated
yet more and more, but were the seed of the accursed Canaan; and
who in process of time would be dispossessed of the land, and be
destroyed. Now though Isaac was forty years of age, and one would
think at an age sufficient to have chosen a wife for himself; but
as Abraham knew that he had a great respect for this servant, and
would be influenced by him in such a choice, and especially as this
affair was now about to be committed to his care, and no doubt with
the consent of Isaac, therefore he thus charges and adjures him.