Genesis 24:39
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,
38 but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
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.
41 And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’
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
- Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’
- KJV
- And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
- WEB
- I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’
- ASV
- And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
- DARBY
- And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me?
- BLB
- And I said to my lord, ‘Perhaps the woman will not follow me?’
- ÅB
- Da sa jeg til min herre: Men om nå kvinnen ikke vil følge meg?
- OTB
- Da spurte jeg min herre: 'Hva om kvinnen ikke vil følge meg?'
- B1930
- Da sa jeg til min herre: Men om nu kvinnen ikke vil følge mig?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 24:5
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?”
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