Thematic Bible
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Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To abraham
Now Abraham was old, [well] advanced in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
Parents » Their duty to their children is » Not to make unholy connections for them
So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and commanded him, You shall not marry one of the women of Canaan. Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take from there as a wife one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.
Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. And Abraham said to the eldest servant of his house [Eliezer of Damascus], who ruled over all that he had, I beg of you, put your hand under my thigh; And you shall swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I have settled, read more.
But you shall go to my country and to my relatives and take a wife for my son Isaac.
But you shall go to my country and to my relatives and take a wife for my son Isaac.