GEN1166 The generation of the flood always fought with each other, and there is no hope to build a society once that occurs.   While it is true that the Babel generation sinned and was misguided, a society that can unit has the hope of building for the future and correcting its mistakes. [See also Genesis 11:1 AMEMEI 211]   This may also explain why Abraham sent his servant Eliezer back to his homeland to find a wife for his son Isaac.   Since at that time everyone was not Jewish, what difference did it make if Isaac married a local Canaanite girl or a woman from Mesopotamia?   The answer may be that Abraham witnessed the debauchery and deceit of the people of Canaan, in the city of Sodom, and later, in his dealings with Ephron when he tried to buy a burial plot.   In his homeland, on the other hand, despite the idol worship, there were basically good people who dealt properly with each other.   He preferred a daughter-in-law from this society to help build the Jewish people over the wicked locals of Canaan who dealt treacherously with each other.   In fact, it was the quality of goodness towards strangers that led Eliezer to select Rebecca to be Isaac’s wife. AMJV 160