Genesis 24:5
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
The servant's question faces the possibility that the woman chosen for Isaac would be unwilling to leave her home and kindred and family and follow him to Canaan, and asks whether in that case he must bring Isaac back again to Abraham's former country and land of Mesopotamia. The possibility raised is that she will not agree to leave her home and go to Canaan, and will not leave her family and travel there.
Abraham forbids taking Isaac back there, and directs that Isaac must not be taken to Mesopotamia and must not return to Abraham's former country and land. If no woman from his kindred is willing to leave and come to Canaan, the servant is released from his oath and is free of it, so that Isaac remains in Canaan.
The arrangement seeks a wife for Isaac among Abraham's kindred rather than among the idolatrous Canaanites, keeping Isaac in Canaan while the search is made elsewhere. The choice is meant to protect Isaac from the idolatry of the Canaanites and to preserve his faith in God.
The account is given for the benefit of parents to lead them to command their households after them, showing their responsibility to guide their children's affections toward persons judged to be suitable companions for sons and daughters and to teach them to yield to and respect parental authority. Abraham's trust in an experienced, God-fearing servant to choose the wife illustrates wise parental guidance in marriage. The feeling that the affections of the young should not be guided or restrained is rebuked, for Satan controls those affections to a great extent.
Isaac's part shows deference to his father's judgment in submitting to having his wife chosen by his father's servant and trusting God to guide the matter. Abraham's course in the education of Isaac caused him to love a life of noble obedience. His obedience is held up as an example for children who fear and profess to fear God to accept wise parental guidance and to seek God's direction in choosing a spouse.