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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
Genesis 24:37 Meaning and Commentary
Genesis 24:37
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 blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
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My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.
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And my master made me swear an oath, and said, ‘You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,
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but go to my father’s family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.’
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“Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’