Genesis 24:6
4 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?”
Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
7 The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
8 And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
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
- Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
- KJV
- And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
- WEB
- Abraham said to him, “Beware that you don’t bring my son there again.
- ASV
- And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
- DARBY
- And Abraham said to him, Beware that thou bring not my son thither again.
- BLB
- And Abraham said to him, “Take heed to yourself that you do not take my son there.
- ÅB
- Abraham svarte: Vokt deg for å føre min sønn tilbake dit!
- OTB
- "Vokt deg for å ta min sønn tilbake dit," svarte Abraham.
- B1930
- Abraham svarte: Vokt dig for å føre min sønn tilbake dit!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Peter 2:20–22
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
Read in contextGalatians 5:1
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
Read in contextHebrews 10:39
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
Read in contextHebrews 11:9
By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
Read in contextHebrews 11:13–16
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
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