Genesis 24 · Verse 6

Genesis 24:6

And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
Genesis 24:6, King James Version

Genesis 24:6 in other translations

BSBAbraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
WEBAbraham said to him, “Beware that you don’t bring my son there again.
ASVAnd Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
YLTAnd Abraham saith unto him, ‘Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause my son to turn back thither;
DARBYAnd Abraham said to him, Beware that thou bring not my son thither again.
BBEAnd Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.
WebsterAnd Abraham said to him, Beware that thou bring not my son thither again.

What does Genesis 24:6 mean?

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 24:6 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.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֵלָ֖יו'e.Lavto himH413
אַבְרָהָ֑ם'av.ra.HamAbrahamH85
הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhi.Sha.mertake heedH8104
לְךָ֔le.Khato <the> yourself
פֶּן\־pen-lestH6435
תָּשִׁ֥יבta.Shivyou should take backH7725
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּנִ֖יbe.Nison myH1121
שָֽׁמָּה\׃Sha.mahthere towardsH8033

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

Cross references for Genesis 24:6

  • 2 Peter 2:20-22

    For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

  • Galatians 5:1

    Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

  • Hebrews 10:39

    But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

  • Hebrews 11:9

    By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

  • Hebrews 11:13-16

    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

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Ga 5:1; Heb 10:39; 11:9,13-16; 2Pe 2:20-22

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Context

  • 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?

  • Genesis 24:6

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

  • Genesis 24:7

    The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

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Genesis 24:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Abraham le dijo: Guárdate que no vuelvas á mi hijo allá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Abraham lui dit: Garde-toi d’y faire retourner mon fils.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da sprach Abraham zu ihm: Hüte dich, daß du meinen Sohn nicht dorthin zurückbringest!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dixitque Abraham: Cave nequando reducas filium meum illuc.