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Transcript: Verse by Verse Study – Genesis Chapter 24:1 to Chapter 24:67 – Zac Poonen

Here is the full transcript of Bible teacher Zac Poonen’s Verse By Verse Study on Genesis Chapter 24:1 to Chapter 24:67…

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Abraham Seeks a Bride for Isaac

ZAC POONEN: Genesis 24:1. Now Abraham was old, advanced in age and the Lord had blessed Abraham in every way. Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household who had charge of all that he owned, “Please place your hand under my thigh and I’ll make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live. But you shall go to my country and to my relatives and take a wife for my son Isaac.”

This whole chapter is dealing with Abraham seeking for a bride for his son. And there are two things that we can learn from this chapter. One is some spiritual counsel concerning marriage itself and the choosing of a partner particularly what I’m thinking of. And the other is the whole chapter is a picture of God the Father sending out the Holy Spirit to look for a bride for His Son Jesus Christ. And it’s very interesting to see this chapter in the light of these two things.

First of all the concern that a father has for his son to have a happy marriage. As far as we know Abraham and Sarah had a good married life because it says in the New Testament that Sarah obeyed Abraham and is an example for sisters today. And obviously, he desired that his son also should not get married to anyone. He had a concern that his son should have a happy marriage. Same concern that we have in the church that everyone should have a happy marriage.

And, for that, he tells his servant, “I make you swear by God that you must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live.” And this reminds us of God’s word in 2 Corinthians 6:14-18, which tells us that we are not to be unequally yoked together with unbelievers, that God does not want us to be united in marriage with someone who is not born again. And there’s a great need to emphasize that way back in the Old Testament.