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but you shall go to my father`s house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.`
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A Godly Heritage
Commentators emphasize that Abraham's primary concern was finding a wife for Isaac from a family that shared his faith. He specifically instructed his servant to avoid the local Canaanites, whom Barnes describes as 'sinking fast into ungodliness,' and to seek a spouse from his own kindred who still revered the true God. This highlights the timeless principle of seeking a partner who shares one's core spiritual convictions.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
26. קרד qādad — “bow the head.” השׁתחוה shâchâh — “bow the body.”
29. לבן lābān — “Laban, white.”
In this circum…
19th Century
Anglican
Kindred. —Not the word translated as such in Genesis 24:4, 7, but that rendered family in Genesis 8:19 (in the margin), 1…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred , and take a wife unto my son. (See Gill on Genesis …
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