To his trusted household servant, Abraham said: “I must have you swear by Jehovah, the God of the heavens and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in among whom I am dwelling, but you will go to my country and to my relatives, and you will certainly take a wife for my son, for Isaac....
Savam uzticamajam kalpam viņš teica: ” Zvēri man pie Dieva Kunga, debesu Dieva un zemes Dieva, ka tu manam dēlam neņemsi sievu no kānaāniešu meitām, kuŗu vidū es dzīvoju, bet ka tu iesi uz manu zemi un pie maniem cilts piederīgiem un tur ņemsi sievu manam dēlam Īzākam. ” Ābrahāms ar pārliecību sacīja: ” Dievs.. sūtīs savu eņģeli tev pa priekšu, kad tu ņemsi manam dēlam sievu no turienes. ”