[Avodah] A Question About Yitzchok Taking a Canaanite Wife

[Prof. Levine]

Bereishis 24: 3 says I will make you swear by God, the God of heaven 
and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from among the
daughters of the Canaanites in whose midst I dwell.

Did Avraham really think that if Eliezer brought Yitzchok a Canaanite 
woman to be his wife that Yitzchok would have accepted such a 
Shidduch?  Surely Avraham must have told Yitzchok that a Canaanite 
woman would not make a suitable wife for him and surely Yitzchok, who 
knew the type of people that the Canaanites were, would not consider 
a Canaanite woman for his wife.

If this reasoning is correct, then I do not understand why Avraham 
made Eliezer take this vow. Why not make Eliezer take a vow that he 
would take a wife for Yitzchok from Avraham's family?

I have no answer.

YL
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