Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 24:3

3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the Earth, that, thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanite among whom I dwell.

(i. e.) Not perswade nor engage my Son to take; for Isaac though forty years old, was not onely willing to be governed by his Father in this affair, but also to hearken to the counsel of this wise and faithful servant, of whom both his Father and himself had such long and large experience.

For he kn[illegible: 1+ letters]w that they were not onely gross Idolaters and hainous sinners, for so many others were; but that they were a People under Gods peculiar curse, Gen. 9. 25. and devoted to extirpation and utter destruction, which was to be inflicted upon them by Abrahams Posterity: And therefore to marry his Son to such persons had been an high degree of self-murder, whereby the holy and blessed Seed had been in danger of great infection from them and utter ruine with them. And Abraham's practise was afterwards justified by God, who hath oft shewed his dislike of such unequal matches of his People with those Infidels and Idolaters by severe prohibitions and sharp censures. See Exod. 34. 16. Deut. 7. 3. Ios. 23. 12. Esd. 9. 1, 2, 3. Nehem. 13. 23, 25. 2 Cor. 6. 14, 15.

Marginal references: chap. 24. 3. and 27. 46. & 28. 2. Exod. 34. 16. Deut. 7. 3.