Genesis 24:7

The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Abraham speaks to his servant at the departure point for Isaac’s marriage mission, reinforcing the command to avoid the ancestral homeland.

The words — אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם (Elohei ha-shamayim) translates literally as “God of the heavens,” and יְהוָה (Yahweh) identifies the covenant speaker who initiated the journey.

The thread — The promise of a guiding angel appears in Exodus 33:2, the land promise to offspring is restated in Genesis 13:15, and the theme of angelic protection is noted in Psalms 34:7.

Why it lands — It demands reliance on God’s designated provision over geographic familiarity, requiring obedience to divine direction for the preservation of the covenant line.

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The Hebrew words

יְהוָ֣ה׀Yah.wehYahweh אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God of הַשָּׁמַ֗יִםha./sha.Ma.yimthe/ heavens אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sherwho לְקָחַ֜נִיle.ka.Cha./nihe took/ me מִבֵּ֣יתmi./Beitfrom/ [the] household of אָבִי֮'a.V/ifather/ my וּמֵאֶ֣רֶץu./me./'E.retzand/ from/ [the] land of מֽוֹלַדְתִּי֒mo.lad.T/ikindred/ my וַאֲשֶׁ֨רva./'a.Sherand/ who דִּבֶּר־di.ber-he spokeלִ֜יl/ito <the>/ meוַאֲשֶׁ֤רva./'a.Sherand/ who נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־nish.ba'-he swore an oathלִי֙l/ito <the>/ meלֵאמֹ֔רle./Mor<to>/ saying לְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔le./Zar.'a./khato/ offspring/ your אֶתֵּ֖ן'e.TenI will give אֶת־'et-<obj.>הָאָ֣רֶץha./'A.retzthe/ land הַזֹּ֑אתha./Zot<the>/ this ה֗וּאHu'he יִשְׁלַ֤חyish.Lachhe will send מַלְאָכוֹ֙mal.'a.Kh/oangel/ his לְפָנֶ֔יךָle./fa.Nei./kha<to>/ before/ you וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ve./la.kach.Taand/ you will take אִשָּׁ֛ה'i.Shaha wife לִבְנִ֖יli/v.N/ifor/ son/ my מִשָּֽׁם׃mi./Shamfrom/ there

King James Version

The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

Cross-references

Exodus 33:2 And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Psalms 34:7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
Genesis 13:15 for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
Exodus 23:20 Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
Hebrews 1:14 Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
Genesis 15:18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
Exodus 32:13 Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
Psalms 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
Psalms 73:24 You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
Psalms 103:20 Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.