Genesis 24:8
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
Genesis 24:8 in other translations
| BSB | And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.” |
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| WEB | If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.” |
| ASV | And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son thither again. |
| YLT | and if the woman be not willing to come after thee, then thou hast been acquitted from this mine oath: only my son thou dost not cause to turn back thither.' |
| DARBY | And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be quit of this my oath: only, bring not my son thither again. |
| BBE | And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there. |
| Webster | And if the woman shall not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only bring not my son thither again. |
What does Genesis 24:8 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…
Genesis 24:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 24:8
- Joshua 2:17-20
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee. And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
- Numbers 30:5
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
- Numbers 30:8
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the Lord shall forgive her.
- Acts 7:2
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
- Joshua 9:20
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
- Genesis 24:4-6
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. 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? And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
- John 8:32
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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Context
- 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.
- Genesis 24:8
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
- Genesis 24:9
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
Genesis 24:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y si la mujer no quisiere venir en pos de ti, serás libre de este mi juramento; solamente que no vuelvas allá á mi hijo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et si la femme ne veut pas te suivre, alors tu seras quitte envers moi de ce serment; seulement, tu ne feras pas retourner là mon fils. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn aber das Weib dir nicht folgen will, so bist du dieses meines Eides ledig; nur sollst du meinen Sohn nicht dorthin zurückbringen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | sin autem mulier noluerit sequi te, non teneberis juramento: filium meum tantum ne reducas illuc. |