Genesis 24:38
But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
Genesis 24:38 in other translations
| BSB | but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’ |
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| WEB | but you shall go to my father’s house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’ |
| ASV | but thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son. |
| YLT | If not--unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son. |
| DARBY | but thou shalt by all means go to my father's house and to my family, and take a wife for my son. |
| BBE | But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son. |
| Webster | But thou shalt go to my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son. |
What does Genesis 24:38 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 24:32-49
32-49. the man came into the house, &c.--What a beautiful picture of piety, fidelity, and disinterestedness in a servant! He declined all attention to his own comforts till he had told his name and his errand.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 24:29-53
The making up of the marriage between Isaac and Rebekah is told very particularly. We are to notice God's providence in the common events of human life, and in them to exercise prudence and other graces. Laban went to ask Abraham's servant in, but not till he saw the ear-ring, and bracelet upon his sister's hands. We know Laban's character, by his conduct afterwards, and may think that he would not have been so free…
Genesis 24:38 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 24:38
- Genesis 24:4
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
- Genesis 31:19
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
- Genesis 12:1
Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4; 12:1
my father's.i.e., Where the family of Haran his brother had settled; and where he himself had remained some time with his father Terah. Nahor did not dwell at Ur of the Chaldees, but at Haran in Mesopotamia. The true worship of God seems to have been in some measure preserved in this family, though afterwards corrupted.
31:19
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Context
- Genesis 24:37
And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
- Genesis 24:38
But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
- Genesis 24:39
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
Genesis 24:38 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sino que irás á la casa de mi padre, y á mi parentela, y tomarás mujer para mi hijo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | mais tu iras à la maison de mon père et vers ma famille, et tu prendras une femme pour mon fils. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | sondern zu dem Hause meines Vaters und zu meinem Geschlecht sollst du gehen und meinem Sohne ein Weib nehmen! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | sed ad domum patris mei perges, et de cognatione mea accipies uxorem filio meo. |