Genesis 24:3
And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Cross-references
In Genesis 26:34, Esau marries Hittite women — precisely the kind of Canaanite marriage Abraham here prohibits for Isaac.
In Genesis 27:46, Rebekah says 'If Jacob marries a Hittite woman, what good will my life be?' — voicing the exact dread behind Abraham's prohibition.
In Genesis 28:1, Isaac repeats the command to Jacob to avoid Canaanite wives, showing family continuity.
In Genesis 28:2, Isaac directs Jacob to Laban's family, echoing Abraham's instruction to seek a wife from kin.
Genesis 14:22 records Abraham himself lifting his hand to 'the LORD, possessor of heaven and earth' — the exact oath formula reused here.
In Gen 34:9, Hamor proposes exactly what Abraham feared — Canaanite intermarriage with Jacob's family — showing the ongoing danger of such unions.
In Gen 38:2, Judah marries a Canaanite woman, directly illustrating the outcome Abraham sought to prevent for Isaac's line.
Genesis 21:23 shows Abraham making a covenant oath with Abimelech, paralleling the solemn agreement in arranging Isaac's marriage.
In Genesis 26:35, Esau's Hittite wives 'made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah' — the grief Abraham foresaw when forbidding Canaanite marriages.
Genesis 28:8 reveals Esau's Canaanite wives displeased Isaac, highlighting the command's importance.
Nehemiah 13:25 condemns intermarriage with foreigners — the exact concern driving Abraham's instruction not to take a wife from the Canaanites.
Deuteronomy 10:20 similarly calls for swearing oaths in God's name, reinforcing the command.
Deuteronomy 7:3 reaffirms the ban on intermarrying with Canaanites, reinforcing the principle.
Deuteronomy 6:13 instructs to take oaths in God's name, affirming the practice seen in this verse.
Leviticus 19:12 forbids false swearing by God's name, stressing the integrity required in such oaths.
Exodus 23:13 commands not to invoke other gods, underscoring the exclusivity of swearing by the LORD alone.
Exodus 20:7 warns against misusing God's name, highlighting the gravity of swearing by it as done here.
In Num 36:6, Zelophehad's daughters must marry within their tribe — the same endogamy principle Abraham enforced for Isaac.
In Judg 14:2, Samson demands a Philistine wife, directly defying the principle of avoiding local foreign wives that Abraham established.
Malachi 2:15 warns against unfaithfulness, seeking godly offspring — directly echoing Abraham's insistence on a wife from his own faithful line, not Canaan.
Exodus 34:16 warns that Canaanite wives lead to idolatry, explaining the reason for the prohibition.
Deuteronomy 7:4 shows the consequence: intermarriage leads to idolatry and divine judgment.
In Psalm 115:15, 'May you be blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth!' echoes the same title Abraham invokes when swearing his servant.
In Jeremiah 10:11, false gods 'did not make the heavens and earth' — affirming that the God Abraham swears by is the only true creator.
2 Corinthians 6:14-17 warns against being yoked with unbelievers, extending the separation principle.
In Nehemiah 9:6, God is praised as maker of 'heaven, the heaven of heavens, the earth and all that is on it' — expanding this same creator-title.
In 2 Chronicles 2:12, Huram blesses 'the LORD who made heaven and earth' — the same creator-title Abraham uses to solemnize his oath.
In 2 Kings 19:15, Hezekiah addresses God the same way — as creator of heaven and earth — invoking his supreme authority over all nations and threats.
In Num 12:1, Miriam and Aaron criticize Moses for marrying a Cushite, echoing the concern about marriage outside one's people.