Genesis 21:22-24:27
Abraham was a very wealthy man with great flocks and herds, much silver and gold, and a very large household numbering many hundreds of servants. (Ge 24:35 NWT).
For this reason the kings of Canaan considered him a powerful "chieftain" and one with whom covenants of peace should be made. (Ge 23:6; 21:22, 23 NWT). Yet at no time did Abraham allow materialism to blind his vision of Jehovah and His promises or cause him to become proud, high-minded, or selfish.
Abraham commissioned his servant to travel to the country of Abraham's relatives to find a wife for his son Isaac. The mission was difficult, but the servant was assured that Jehovah's angel would guide him.
It is after the death of his beloved wife Sarah that Abraham makes arrangements to procure a wife for his son Isaac, now about 40 years old. Not wanting his son to become yoked with a non-worshiper of Jehovah, Abraham asks his household manager, most likely his faithful servant Eliezer, to travel all the way to upper Mesopotamia.
He gives his servant no special instructions to guide him. The angel of Jehovah will do that, Abraham confidently states. He trusts that the Most High somehow will single out from among his relatives a suitable maiden for Isaac. (Gen. 24:1-9 NWT).
References
Genesis 21:22-24:27
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