So he sends his servant, likely Eliezer, to choose a wife for Isaac from among Abraham’s relatives in Haran, more than 500 miles [800 km] away! ​ — Genesis 12: 4, 5; 15: 2; 17: 17, 19; 23: 1.
ابراهیم نمی‌خواست که پسرش زن کنعانی بگیرد ،‏ چون کنعانیان یَهُوَه خدا را نمی‌پرستیدند .‏