Genesis 24:37

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:

And my master {H113} made me swear {H7650}, saying {H559}, Thou shalt not take {H3947} a wife {H802} to my son {H1121} of the daughters {H1323} of the Canaanites {H3669}, in whose land {H776} I dwell {H3427}:

My master made me swear, saying, 'You are not to choose a wife for my son from among the women of the Kena'ani, among whom I am living;

My 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,

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:

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Cross-References

  • Ezra 9:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, [doing] according to their abominations, [even] of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

  • Ezra 9:3 (3 votes)

    And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

  • Genesis 24:2 (3 votes)

    And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

  • Genesis 24:9 (3 votes)

    And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

  • Genesis 27:46 (3 votes)

    And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

  • Genesis 6:2 (2 votes)

    That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.