Genesis 24:40
38 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?’
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.’
42 So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
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.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:
- WEB
- He said to me, ‘The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son from my relatives, and of my father’s house.
- ASV
- And he said unto me, Jehovah, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way. And thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father`s house.
- DARBY
- And he said to me, Jehovah, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way, that thou mayest take a wife for my son of my family, and out of my father's house.
- BLB
- And he said to me, ‘YHWH, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and will prosper your way, and you shall take a wife for my son from my kindred and from the house of my father.
- ÅB
- Men han sa til meg: Herren, for hvis åsyn jeg har vandret, skal sende sin engel med deg og la din reise lykkes, sa du finner en hustru til min sønn av min slekt og av min fars hus.
- OTB
- Han svarte: 'Herren, for hvem jeg har vandret, vil sende sin engel med deg og gjøre din reise vellykket, slik at du kan finne en hustru til min sønn fra min egen slekt og fra min fars familie.
- B1930
- Men han sa til mig: Herren, for hvis åsyn jeg har vandret, skal sende sin engel med dig og la din reise lykkes, sa du finner en hustru til min sønn av min slekt og av min fars hus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 23:20
Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
Read in contextPsalms 16:8
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Read in contextGenesis 5:24
Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
Read in contextExodus 33:2
And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Read in contextGenesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
Read in contextDaniel 3:28
Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
Read in contextGenesis 5:22
And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
Read in contextPsalms 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
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