Genesis 24 · Verse 4

Genesis 24:4

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
Genesis 24:4, King James Version

Genesis 24:4 in other translations

BSBbut will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
WEBBut you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
ASVbut thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
YLTbut unto my land and unto my kindred dost thou go, and hast taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.'
DARBYbut thou shalt go to my land and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
BBEBut that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.
WebsterBut thou shalt go to my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.

What does Genesis 24:4 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 My country - Mesopotamia, called here Abraham's country, because it was the place where the family of Haran, his brother, had settled; and where himself had remained a considerable time with his father Terah. In this family, as well as in that of Nahor, the true religion had been in some sort preserved, though afterwards considerably corrupted; see Gen 31:19. And take a wife unto my son - A young man in Bengal is precisely in the same circumstances as Isaac; he has nothing to do in the choice of a wife; parents employ others to seek wives for their sons. Those who leave their homes in search of employment always marry their children in their own country, and among their acquaintance at home; never among the people with whom they reside. In Asiatic countries this custom has prevailed from the infancy of the human race. See Ward's Hindoo Customs.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 24:1-9

The effect of good example, good teaching, and the worship of God in a family, will generally appear in the piety, faithfulness, prudence, and affection of the servants. To live in such families, or to have such servants, both are blessings from God which should be highly valued, and thankfully acknowledged. But no concern in life is of greater importance to ourselves, to others, or to the church of God, than…

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Genesis 24:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֧יkiforH3588
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אַרְצִ֛י'ar.Tziland myH776
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and toH413
מוֹלַדְתִּ֖יmo.lad.Tikindred myH4138
תֵּלֵ֑ךְte.Lekhyou will goH1980
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ve.la.kach.Taand you will takeH3947
אִשָּׁ֖ה'i.Shaha wifeH802
לִבְנִ֥יliv.Nifor son myH1121
לְיִצְחָֽק\׃le.yitz.Chakfor IsaacH3327

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 24:4

  • Genesis 28:2

    Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.

  • Genesis 22:20-23

    And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor; Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

  • Genesis 12:7

    And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.

  • Genesis 11:25-12:1

    And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
to my kindred.
11:25-32; 12:1,7; 22:20-23; 28:2There does not appear in all this concern the least taint of worldly policy, or any of those motives which usually govern men in the settlement of their children. No mention is made of riches, or honours, or natural accomplishments, but merely of what related to God.--Fuller.

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Context

  • Genesis 24:3

    And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

  • Genesis 24:4

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

  • 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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Genesis 24:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sino que irás á mi tierra y á mi parentela, y tomarás mujer para mi hijo Isaac.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		mais tu iras dans mon pays et vers ma parenté, et tu prendras une femme pour mon fils, pour Isaac.
German
Elberfelder 1871		sondern in mein Land und zu meiner Verwandtschaft sollst du gehen und ein Weib nehmen meinem Sohne, dem Isaak.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		sed ad terram et cognationem meam proficiscaris et inde accipias uxorem filio meo Isaac.