Gen.24.3

Genesis 24:3

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And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

A Wife for Isaac

Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:14

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Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Do Not Be Unequally Yoked

Their Ministry Commended

Genesis 10:15

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¶ And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

The Table of Nations

The Hamites

Genesis 14:19

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And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

Melchizedek Blesses Abram

Genesis 14:22

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And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

Melchizedek Blesses Abram

Genesis 24:7

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¶ The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

A Wife for Isaac

Genesis 26:34

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¶ And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

Esau’s Wives

Covenant with Abimelech

Genesis 26:35

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Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

Esau’s Wives

Covenant with Abimelech

Genesis 27:46

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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?

Esau’s Lost Hope

Genesis 28:1

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And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

Jacob’s Departure

Jacob Is Sent Away

Genesis 28:8

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And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

Esau Marries Mahalath

Jacob Is Sent Away

Genesis 47:31

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And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.

The Israelites Prosper in Goshen

Result of the Famine

Deuteronomy 7:3

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Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Drive Out the Nations

Judges 14:3

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Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

Samson’s Marriage

Psalm 136:26

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O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Genesis 24:3

And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

A Wife for Isaac

Cross References

Do Not Be Unequally Yoked

Their Ministry Commended

The Table of Nations

The Hamites

Melchizedek Blesses Abram

Melchizedek Blesses Abram

A Wife for Isaac

Esau’s Wives

Covenant with Abimelech

Esau’s Wives

Covenant with Abimelech

Esau’s Lost Hope

Jacob’s Departure

Jacob Is Sent Away

Esau Marries Mahalath

Jacob Is Sent Away

The Israelites Prosper in Goshen

Result of the Famine

Drive Out the Nations

Samson’s Marriage

Samson’s Marriage

His Loving Devotion Endures Forever