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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Genesis 24:3

Verse Genesis 24:3. I will make thee swear] Genesis 24:9, Genesis 24:9.

Of the Canaanites] Because these had already been devoted to slavery, c., and it would have been utterly inconsistent as well with prudence as with the design of God to have united the child and heir of the promise with one who was under a curse, though that curse might be considered to be only of a political nature. See the curse of Canaan, Genesis 9:25.

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