Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Genesis 24:38

36 My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.

37 My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,

but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’

39 Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’

40 And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.

Read the whole chapter

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
KJV
But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
WEB
but you shall go to my father’s house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’
ASV
But thou shalt go unto my father`s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.
DARBY
but thou shalt by all means go to my father's house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.
BLB
But rather, to the house of my father you shall go, and to my kindred, and you shall take a wife for my son.’
ÅB
men du skal gå til min fars hus og til min slekt og hente en hustru til min sønn.
OTB
men du skal dra til min fars familie og til min egen slekt og finne en hustru til min sønn.'
B1930
men du skal gå til min fars hus og til min slekt og hente en hustru til min sønn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references