Genesis 24:4

2 So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,

3 and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”

5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”

6 Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.

Her forteller Bibelen en historie om noen andre. Spør deg selv hva den kan si oss i dag. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

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ÅB
men du skal dra til mitt eget land og til min slekt og hente en hustru til min sønn Isak.
OTB
men du skal dra til mitt hjemland og til min slekt og finne en hustru til min sønn Isak."
B1930
men du skal dra til mitt eget land og til min slekt og hente en hustru til min sønn Isak.
BSB
but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
KJV
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
WEB
But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
ASV
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
DARBY
but thou shalt go to my land and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
BLB
But to my land and to my kindred you shall go, and you shall take a wife for my son, for Isaac.”

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