Genesis 24 New Living Translation (NLT)
A Wife for Isaac
Abraham was now a very old man, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
One day Abraham said to his oldest servant, the man in charge of his household, “Take an oath by putting your hand under my thigh. Swear by the
LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women. Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.”

Use KJV Bible. NLT is corrupted.

I guess the relationship was distant enough and the gene pool sufficiently mixed to deter the problem of inbreeding

MrPresident1:
Use KJV Bible. NLT is corrupted.

I guess the relationship was distant enough and the gene pool sufficiently mixed to deter the problem of inbreeding

Thanks. But why is it wrong to marry our cousins nowadays

Maybe the local Canaanites were like the slay queens of nowadays: not fit for marriage.

davidufuoma:
Thanks. But why is it wrong to marry our cousins nowadays

I think it is because larger society frowns on it, but people still do it. I heard that cousins do marry themselves in the elite families in Northern Nigeria.'

MrPresident1:


I think it is because larger society frowns on it, but people still do it. I heard that cousins do marry themselves in the elite families in Northern Nigeria.'

yes... not just the elites

galadima77:


yes... not just the elites

Thanks for the clarification.

So it all boils down to society, and if the family is willing to accept. But my point would be that the relationship should be as far as possible to avoid the problems that inbreeding may bring

thesicilian:
Maybe the local Canaanites were like the slay queens of nowadays: not fit for marriage.

lol

Sometimes I wonder... If we are all from Adam and Eve, aren't we all just one big, 'incested' family?

ObaKlaz:
Sometimes I wonder... If we are all from Adam and Eve, aren't we all just one big, 'incested' family?

Religion, Tribe, Race brought about separation.. Bitter truth. We are not one