Genesis 24:39

And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come with me?

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And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

In Context

38But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

40And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and my father's house;

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Cross References

Genesis 24:5And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?

Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:30-54

Abraham's Servant Entertained by Laban; Errand of Abraham's Servant. ( b. c. 1857.) 29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. 31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord ; wherefore standest thou without?… Read the whole commentary →

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