Génesis 24:3

3 Jura por el Señor
, Dios del cielo y de la tierra, que no dejarás que mi hijo se case con una de esas mujeres cananeas.

Génesis 24:3 Meaning and Commentary

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.

Génesis 24:3 In-Context

1 Una esposa para Isaac
Abraham ya era un hombre muy anciano, y el Señor
lo había bendecido en todo.

2 Cierto día Abraham le dijo a su siervo más antiguo, el hombre que estaba a cargo de su casa:
—Haz un juramento poniendo tu mano debajo de mi muslo.

3 Jura por el Señor
, Dios del cielo y de la tierra, que no dejarás que mi hijo se case con una de esas mujeres cananeas.

4 Sino que vuelve a mi tierra natal, donde están mis parientes, y encuentra allí una esposa para mi hijo Isaac.

5 El siervo preguntó:
—¿Pero qué pasaría si no puedo encontrar una joven que esté dispuesta a viajar tan lejos de su casa? ¿Debería, entonces, llevar allí a Isaac para que viva entre sus parientes, en la tierra de donde usted proviene?