Genesis 24:1-9

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24 Abraham was now a very old man, and God blessed him in every way. ² One day Abraham said to his household administrator, who was his oldest servant,

³ “Swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not let my son marry one of these local girls, these Canaanites. ⁴ Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife for him there.”

⁵ “But suppose I can’t find a girl who will come so far from home?” the servant asked. “Then shall I take Isaac there, to live among your relatives?”

⁶ “No!” Abraham warned. “Be careful that you don’t do that under any circumstance. ⁷ For the Lord God of heaven told me to leave that land and my people, and promised to give me and my children this land. He will send his angel on ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a girl from there to be my son’s wife. ⁸ But if you don’t succeed, then you are free from this oath; but under no circumstances are you to take my son there.”

⁹ So the servant vowed^[a] to follow Abraham’s instructions.