38But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
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But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-53)We have here the making up of the marriage between Isaac and Rebekah. It is related very largely and particularly, even to the minute circumstances, which, we should think, might have been spared, while other things of great moment and mystery (as the story of Melchizedek) are related in few words. Thus God conceals that which is curious from the wise and prudent, reveals to babes that which is co…
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