Bible Strands
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative describes Abraham’s chief servant acting immediately after swearing a binding oath under his master’s thigh. The words — וַ/יִּקַּ֣ח (va/i.yi.Kach) = and he took and הָ֠/עֶבֶד (ha/'e.ved) = the servant. The thread — The movement of a commissioned agent carrying provisions to a specific ancestral region parallels the migration pattern in Genesis 11:31 and establishes the operational phase of the mission outlined in Genesis 24:4. Why it lands — The text records the exact inventory, departure, and destination before any divine action, requiring the reader to observe the careful preparation that precedes the subsequent search for a bride.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Cross-references
- Genesis 11:31 And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
- Deuteronomy 23:4 For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
- Genesis 24:2 So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
- Genesis 27:43 So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
- Genesis 29:1 Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
- Genesis 29:4 “My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
- Genesis 39:4 Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.
- Genesis 39:8 But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
- Genesis 39:22 And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
- Judges 3:8 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.