[testallthings]

Originally Posted by testallthings

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes on these two verses says:"Canaanites. Mixed with the Nephilim. App-23. ... Hence Abraham"s horror of mixing the holy seed with that of the Nephilim.

Verse 4

my kindred. Gentiles thus expressly excluded from this chapter, if regarded as a type. Compare verses: Genesis 24:3, Genesis 24:4, Genesis 24:7, Genesis 3:37, Genesis 3:38. See also Genesis 26:35; Genesis 27:46; Genesis 28:1, Genesis 28:8."

Sorry for my poor reply. You raised good questions. My main point is that WL in his footnotes in Matthew, (as we will continue to see, if God wills) sees Gentiles everywhere, and of course the Church too. If Rebekah really was a Gentile woman, it would be really more clear if she was from any other family on Earth except that of Abraham. The type would then be perfectly clear.

The footnotes from the Companion Bible I quoted are on Gen. 24:3-4