Genesis 24:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 24:6

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 24:6

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American Standard Version
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

Amplified® Bible
Abraham said to him, See to it that you do not take my son back there.

Contemporary English Version
"No!" Abraham answered. "Don't ever do that, no matter what.

Darby English Version
And Abraham said to him, Beware that thou bring not my son thither again.

Good News Bible
Abraham answered, "Make sure that you don't send my son back there!

King James Version
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

New American Standard Bible
Then Abraham said to him, "Beware that you do not take my son back there!

New International Version
"Make sure that you do not take my son back there," Abraham said.

New King James Version
But Abraham said to him, “Beware that you do not take my son back there.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Abraham said to him, "Beware that you do not take my son back there!

Revised Standard Version
Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there.

Young's Literal Translation
And Abraham saith unto him, `Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause my son to turn back thither;

New English Translation
“Be careful¹ never to take my son back there!” Abraham told him.²

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