Genesis 24:3

God. Hebrew. Elohim.

Canaanites. Mixed with the Nephilim. App-23.

I. Emph. in contrast with the Canaanites. Hence Abraham's horror of mixing the holy seed with that of the Nephilim.

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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:

Related Commentaries of Genesis 24:3

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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