Genesis 24:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 24:4

2 So Abraham said ^ato the oldest servant of his house, who ^bruled over all that he had, “Please, ^cput your hand under my thigh,

3 and I will make you ^aswear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that ^byou will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell;

4 ^abut you shall go ^bto my country and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”

5 And the servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?”

6 But Abraham said to him, “Beware that you do not take my son back there.

7 The Lord God of heaven, who ^atook me from my father’s house and from the land of my family, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, ^b‘To your descendants I give this land,’ ^cHe will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

8 And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then ^ayou will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there.”

9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

10 Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, ^afor all his master’s goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to ^bthe city of Nahor.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 24:4

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American Standard Version
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.

Amplified® Bible
But you shall go to my country and to my relatives and take a wife for my son Isaac.

Contemporary English Version
Instead, go back to the land where I was born and find a wife for him from among my relatives."

Darby English Version
but thou shalt go to my land and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.

Good News Bible
You must go back to the country where I was born and get a wife for my son Isaac from among my relatives."

King James Version
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

New American Standard Bible
but you will go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

New International Version
but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac."

New King James Version
but you shall go to my country and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
but you will go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

Revised Standard Version
but will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

Young's Literal Translation
but unto my land and unto my kindred dost thou go, and hast taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.'

New English Translation
You must go instead to my country and to my relatives¹ to find² a wife for my son Isaac.”

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