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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gen 24:37 — And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
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Gen 24:2-9; Gen 6:2; Gen 27:46; Ezr 9:1-3 |
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Canaanites
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The Canaanites were infected with gross idolatry; and consequently, not proper persons with whom to form so intimate a connection; especially as Jehovah had shown Abraham that they were filling up the measure of their iniquity, and were doomed to destruction. |
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Gen 24:2 |
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: |
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Gen 24:3 |
And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: |
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Gen 24:4 |
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. |
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Gen 24:5 |
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? |
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Gen 24:6 |
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. |
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Gen 6:2 |
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. |
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Gen 27:46 |
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? |
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Ezr 9:1 |
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, [doing] according to their abominations, [even] of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. |
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Ezr 9:2 |
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of [those] lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. |
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Ezr 9:3 |
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 24:37," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Gen/24/37.html>.
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