Genesis 24:8

And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.

9And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:4But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.

Numbers 30:8\30:7\If her husband, hearing of it, says nothing to her at the time, then the oaths she made and the undertakings she gave will have force.

Joshua 9:20This is what we will do to them: we will not put them to death, for fear that wrath may come on us because of our oath to them.

Acts 7:2And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:2-10

Abraham's Charges to His Servant. ( b. c. 1857.) 1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: 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: 4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my… Read the whole commentary →

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