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Genesis 24:4

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 24:4 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
Genesis 24:4 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 24

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age. And Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.
2And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh.
3And I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.
4But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
5And 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?
6And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
7Jehovah, the God of heaven, who took me from my father`s house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spake unto me, and who sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land. He will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“But thou shalt go unto my country, etc.] Not Canaan, which though his by promise, yet not in possession, but Mesopotamia, as appears from (<012410>Genesis 24:10); which taken largely included the Chaldea, (see <440702> Acts 7:2), the country where Abraham was born, and from whence he came: and to my kindred; the family of Nahor his brother, which now dwelt at Haran in Mesopotamia, called the city of Nahor, (<012410>Genesis 24:10); (see <012904> Genesis 29:4,5); of the increase of whose family Abraham had heard a few years ago, (<012220>Genesis 22:20-24): and take a wife to my son Isaac; from among them, who though they were not clear of superstition and idolatry, yet they worshipped the true…”
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