Genesis 24:4

But thou shalt go unto my country,.... Not Canaan, which though his by promise, yet not in possession, but Mesopotamia, as appears from Gen 24:10; which taken largely included the Chaldea, see Act…

- The Marriage of Isaac 26. קרד qādad, “bow the head.” השׁתחוה shâchâh, “bow the body.” 29. לבן lābān, “Laban, white.” In this circumstantial account of the marriage of Isaac, we have a beautiful…

My country - Mesopotamia, called here Abraham's country, because it was the place where the family of Haran, his brother, had settled; and where himself had remained a considerable time with his…

Three things we may observe here concerning Abraham: -

I. The care he took of a good son, to get him married, well married. It was high time to think of it now, for Isaac was about forty years old,…

my country … kindred Here, as in Gen 28:2 (P), the country and kindred of Abraham are to be sought, not in Ur of the Chaldees, but in the land of Haran, or Paddan-aram; cf. Gen 24:24.

take a wife for…