Genesis 24:37 Cross References - ISV

³⁷ My master made me swear this oath: ‘You are not to select a wife for my son from among the daughters of the Canaanites in this land where I live.

² some divine beings noticed how attractive human women were, so they took wives for themselves from a selection that pleased them.

² So Abraham instructed his servant, who was the oldest member of his household and in charge of everything he owned, “Make this solemn oath to me ³ as a promise to the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you won’t acquire a wife for my son from the Canaanite women among whom I’m living. ⁴ Instead, you are to go to my country and to my family and acquire a wife for my son Isaac.”
⁵ “What if the woman doesn’t want to come back with me to this land?” the servant asked. “Shouldn’t I have your son go to the land from which you came?”
⁶ “Make sure not to take my son there,” Abraham replied. ⁷ “The LORD God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and from my family’s land, who spoke to me and promised me ‘I will give this land to your descendants,’ will send his angel ahead of you, and you are to acquire a wife for my son from there. ⁸ If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you’ll be free from this oath to me. Just don’t take my son back there!” ⁹ So the servant made a solemn oath to his master Abraham regarding this matter.

⁴⁶ Rebekah also told herself, “Heth’s daughters are making me tired of living. If Jacob marries one of Heth’s daughters, and she turns out to be just like these other local women, what kind of life would there be left for me?”

¹ Ezra’s Reaction to Foreign Marriages
After these things occurred, certain officials approached me and said “The people of Israel, the priests, and the descendants of Levi have not separated themselves from the people of the lands or from the detestable behavior of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites, ² because they and their sons have married foreign women. As a result, the holy people have mingled themselves among the peoples of these lands. As a matter of fact, the senior officials and the rulers have been foremost in this sin.”
³ When I heard this, I tore both my garment and robe, plucked hair from both my head and my beard, and collapsed in shock!