Genesis 24:37
in Genesis 24My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
KJV
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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This verse in Genesis 24
Commentary
6 notes on this verseHe likewise obviates an objection, That, if Isaac were deserving, he needed not send so far off for a wife: why did he not marry nearer home? "For a good reason," says he; "my master's son must not match with a Canaanite."
This site's exposition
My master made me swear an oath
on Genesis 24:37-41
The servant repeats the oath exactly: no wife from the daughters of the Canaanites, and a wife from his master's kindred and his father's house. He includes the clause that sets him free if the family refuses to give her. He tells them an angel was promised for the road. The retelling runs to sixteen verses in a book that can cover a century in a line.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
But when he has the desired success, he worships God, not the angel. Whatever benefit we have by the ministration of angels, all the glory must be given to the Lord of the angels, Rev. xxii.
And my master made me swear,.... See Gill on Gen 24:3. In Gen 24:37, the servant relates the oath his master made him take, and the charge he gave him, much in the same language as in Gen 24:3.
And my master made me swear,.... See Gill on Gen 24:3. In Gen 24:37, the servant relates the oath his master made him take, and the charge he gave him, much in the same language as in Gen 24:3.
He likewise obviates an objection, That, if Isaac were deserving, he needed not send so far off for a wife: why did he not marry nearer home? "For a good reason," says he; "my master's son must not match with a Canaanite."
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּשְׁבִּעֵ֥נִי | vaiyashbieni | and he made swear an oath me | H7650 → | 186 times |
| אֲדֹנִ֖י | ʾadoni | master my | H113 → | 333 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִקַּ֤ח | tikach | you must take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אִשָּׁה֙ | ʾishah | a wife | H802 → | 781 times |
| לִבְנִ֔י | livni | for son my | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מִבְּנוֹת֙ | mibenot | from [the] daughters of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י | hakenaani | the Canaanite[s] | H3669 → | 73 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָנֹכִ֖י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| יֹשֵׁ֥ב | yoshev | [am] dwelling | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בְּאַרְצֽוֹ׃ | beartzo | in land its | H776 → | 2504 times |
וַיַּשְׁבִּעֵ֥נִיand he made swear an oath me
vaiyashbieniH7650 →186 times
אֲדֹנִ֖יmaster my
ʾadoniH113 →333 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
תִקַּ֤חyou must take
tikachH3947 →966 times
אִשָּׁה֙a wife
ʾishahH802 →781 times
לִבְנִ֔יfor son my
livniH1121 →4930 times
מִבְּנוֹת֙from [the] daughters of
mibenotH1323 →588 times
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔יthe Canaanite[s]
hakenaaniH3669 →73 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אָנֹכִ֖יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
יֹשֵׁ֥ב[am] dwelling
yoshevH3427 →1079 times
בְּאַרְצֽוֹ׃in land its
beartzoH776 →2504 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
it leads to
- Psalms 82:6–7
I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
- 1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
- Romans 9:7–8
Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
- 2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
- 2 Peter 2:14
Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
- Psalms 82:6–7
Through
Genesis 27:46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
it leads to
- Genesis 26:34–35
When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
- Genesis 24:3
and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites…
- Genesis 28:8
And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
- Genesis 26:34–35
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.