Genesis 24:39
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
Genesis 24:39 in other translations
| BSB | Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’ |
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| WEB | I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’ |
| ASV | And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. |
| YLT | ‘And I say unto my lord, It may be the woman doth not come after me; |
| DARBY | And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me? |
| BBE | And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come with me? |
| Webster | And I said to my master, It may be the woman will not follow me. |
What does Genesis 24:39 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 24:39 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 24:39
- Genesis 24:5
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Peradventure.We may see, says Calmet, by this and other passages of Scripture, (Jos 9:18,) what the sentiments of the ancients were relative to an oath. They believed that they were bound precisely by what was spoken, and had no liberty to interpret the intentions of those by whom the oath was made.
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Context
- 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 24:40
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:
Genesis 24:39 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y yo dije: Quizás la mujer no querrá seguirme. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et je dis à mon seigneur: Peut-être la femme ne viendra-t-elle pas après moi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich sprach zu meinem Herrn: Vielleicht wird das Weib mir nicht folgen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ego vero respondi domino meo: Quid si noluerit venire mecum mulier? |