And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
In case she will not come hither, do not thou engage that he shall go thither. Why so?
1. Because there was more danger of infection from his wife and her kindred, because of their friendly, and familiar, and constant converse with him, than from the Canaanites, who were strangers to him, and lived separately from him, and had but little conversation with him.
2. Because the command of God to Abraham to come out of Chaldea, and into Canaan, did extend to his posterity also, whom God would oblige to dwell there as long as they could, that they might live in constant faith and expectation of the performance of Gods promise in giving this land unto them.
Quest. How could he bring Isaac thither again, where he never was?
Answ.
1. Isaac might be said to be there before virtually, or in the loins of his father, as Levi is said to pay tithes to Melchziedek by Abraham in whose loins he was.
2. This
again may be referred to the servant, that when he returned again he would not carry Isaac along with them.
3. He might reasonably suppose that Isaac must go once thither to fetch his wife; (for her coming so suddenly to him was an unexpected thing); but he would not have him promise, that when he had done so once, he should go thither again to live there with her.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Abraham said unto him,…. Not blaming him for putting such a question, nor charging him with impertinence, but plainly seeing the propriety of it: and in order to clear up this matter to him, gives the following instructions,
beware thou, that thou bring not my son thither again; for the command to come out of the land of Chaldea, never to return more, and to come into the land of Canaan, and there abide, respected both Abraham and his posterity; and besides, it was dangerous for Isaac to go into a family, where, though there was some knowledge of the true God, yet there was much superstition and idolatry in it, as appears by various hints in the sequel of this history, lest he should be corrupted, and degenerate from the true religion.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
6. Beware that thou bring not my son thither again. If the woman should not be found willing, Abraham, commending the event to God, firmly adheres to the principal point, that his son Isaac should not return to his country, because in this manner he would have deprived himself of the promised inheritance. He therefore chooses rather to live by hope, as a stranger, in the land of Canaan, than to rest among his relatives in his native soil: and thus we see that, in perplexed and confused affairs, the mind of the holy man was not drawn aside from the command of God by any agitating cares; and we are taught, by his example, to follow God through every obstacle. However, he afterwards declares that he looks for better things. By such words he confirms the confidence of his servant, so that he, anticipating with greater alacrity a prosperous issue, might prepare for the journey.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
6. Beware Whatever hinderances come, in no case will Abraham allow his son to go back to the land from which he himself had been called .
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘And Abraham said to him, “You beware that you do not bring my son there again. Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from my native land, and who spoke to me, and who swore to me saying, “I will give this land to your seed.” He will send his angel before you and you will take a wife for my son from there. And if the woman is not willing to follow you then you will be free from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again.’
Abraham’s reply is unequivocal. Under no circumstances is Isaac to be take out of the land which God has given to him and his children, for he is there under the promise of Yahweh, the God of heaven. Indeed the reason they are there is because Yahweh has taken him away from all his past in order that he may receive this land. Yahweh’s will comes before all else.
“From my father” s house and from my native land.’ The point is that he has left both home and country. His native land was Ur. His adopted land was Haran. But he has left both.
“He will send His angel before you.” Abraham is confident that ‘the angel of Yahweh’ Who has acted in the past, watching over the interests of his family (Gen 16:7 on; Gen 21:17; Gen 22:11), will not fail him now.
But whatever happens Isaac is to remain in the promised land. If the woman will not come then the servant may forget his oath for it will have been cancelled.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Gen 24:6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
Ver. 6. That thou bring not my son thither again. ] Where yet he had never been, but in his father’s loins. He would not his son should part with the Promised Land for any outward accommodations. “Let us fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into God’s rest, any of us should seem to come short, to fail back, or be left behind”. , Heb 4:1 Take we all heed lest, for our lingering and hankering after the flesh pots of Egypt, God carry us back again into Egypt, which was the last and greatest curse threatened against the people of Israel, and is the greatest misery that can come upon this nation. Deu 28:68
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gal 5:1, Heb 10:39, Heb 11:9, Heb 11:13-16, 2Pe 2:20-22
Reciprocal: Gen 24:8 – only Gen 30:25 – and to Gen 50:11 – the Canaanites Heb 11:15 – mindful
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
24:6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son {d} thither again.
(d) Lest he should love the inheritance promised.