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Text -- Genesis 24:1-6 (NET)
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The Wife for Isaac
24:1 Now Abraham was old , well advanced in years , and the Lord had blessed him in everything .
24:2 Abraham said to his servant , the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had, “Put your hand under my thigh
24:3 so that I may make you solemnly promise by the Lord , the God of heaven and the God of the earth : You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites , among whom I am living .
24:4 You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac .”
24:5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land ? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came ?”
24:6 “Be careful never to take my son back there !” Abraham told him.
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NET Notes: Gen 24:1 Heb “Abraham.” The proper name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) for stylistic reasons.
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NET Notes: Gen 24:2 Put your hand under my thigh. The taking of this oath had to do with the sanctity of the family and the continuation of the family line. See D. R. Fre...
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NET Notes: Gen 24:5 In the Hebrew text the construction is emphatic; the infinitive absolute precedes the imperfect. However, it is difficult to reflect this emphasis in ...
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