Bible Cross References
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Genesis 24:2-9
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He said to his oldest servant, who was in charge of all that he had, "Place your hand between my thighs and make a vow.
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I want you to make a vow in the name of the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the people here in Canaan.
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You must go back to the country where I was born and get a wife for my son Isaac from among my relatives."
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But the servant asked, "What if the young woman will not leave home to come with me to this land? Shall I send your son back to the land you came from?"
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Abraham answered, "Make sure that you don't send my son back there!
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The LORD, the God of heaven, brought me from the home of my father and from the land of my relatives, and he solemnly promised me that he would give this land to my descendants. He will send his angel before you, so that you can get a wife there for my son.
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If the young woman is not willing to come with you, you will be free from this promise. But you must not under any circumstances take my son back there."
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So the servant put his hand between the thighs of Abraham, his master, and made a vow to do what Abraham had asked.
Genesis 6:2
some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.
Genesis 27:46
Rebecca said to Isaac, "I am sick and tired of Esau's foreign wives. If Jacob also marries one of these Hittites, I might as well die."
Ezra 9:1-3
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After all this had been done, some of the leaders of the people of Israel came and told me that the people, the priests, and the Levites had not kept themselves separate from the people in the neighboring countries of Ammon, Moab, and Egypt or from the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Amorites. They were doing the same disgusting things which these people did.
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Jewish men were marrying foreign women, and so God's holy people had become contaminated. The leaders and officials were the chief offenders.
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When I heard this, I tore my clothes in despair, tore my hair and my beard, and sat down crushed with grief.