Genesis 24:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

‘And the servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Does necessity demand that I bring your son again to the land from where you came?”.'

The steward's point is well thought out. Which is more important, that Isaac stay in the land or that he marry a relative?

Genesis 24:5

5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?