Genesis 24:3 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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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✦ MADE SIMPLE

I want you to promise me before the LORD, who is God of heaven and earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from among the Canaanite women who live around us.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Abraham is asking his servant to make a solemn promise to God that he won't find a local Canaanite woman for Isaac to marry.

📚 Historical Context

Abraham was living among the Canaanites, who worshipped false gods and had customs that conflicted with Abraham's faith in the one true God. Abraham wanted to preserve his family's covenant relationship with God by ensuring Isaac married someone who shared their faith rather than someone from the surrounding pagan culture.

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And the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

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And my master made me promise by oath, saying, 'You must not choose a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live.'

Exodus 3:8

And I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey—to the place where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites live.

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