Dora Bas Rivka Silver O'H Avraham was advanced in years and
Sarah had passed on, leaving the family without a lady of the
house. All of this underscored that it was well past time
Yitzchak got married. Avraham appointed his servant Eliezer to
find a bride for Yitzchak. He made Eliezer swear that he would
not take a wife for Yitzchak from the Canaanite nations; rather,
Eliezer was to travel to Avraham's birthplace and acquire a wife
from his own kin. Eliezer was concerned that no one would be
willing to come back with him; in that case, Avraham said,
Eliezer would be released from his vow. But most importantly,
Eliezer was not to bring Yitzchak back to Mesopotamia; G-d had
taken Avraham from there to Israel, which He promised to
Yitzchak as an inheritance. Eliezer swore this oath by placing
his hand on the place of Avraham's circumcision. This act was
tantamount to someone placing their hand on a Bible. It's just
that, since the Torah had not yet been given, this was the only
tangible sign of the covenant with