The Bible Study Podcast, episode 668. Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of the book of Genesis with Chapter 24.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen.

As I mentioned last week, we're going to start to wind down the story of Abraham in this week's and next week's episodes.

And this week's episode is Isaac and Rebecca.

Abraham was now very old and the Lord had blessed him in every way.

He said to the senior servant in his

household, the one in charge of all that he had, put your hand under my thigh, I want you to swear by the

Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the

daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living, but will go to my country

and my own relatives and get a wife for my son, Isaac. The servant asked him, what if the woman is

unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?

Make sure you do not take my son back there, Abraham said.

The Lord, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's household and my native land,

and who spoke to me and promised me an oath saying, to your offspring, I will give this land.

He will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.

If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of

mine.

Only do not take my son back there.

So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him

concerning this matter.

Then the servant left taking with him ten of his master's camels loaded with all kinds of good

things from his master.

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