Genesis 24:39

But I answered my master: What if the woman will not come with me?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

38But thou shalt go to my father's house, and shalt take a wife of my own kindred for my son:

40The Lord, said he, in whose sight I walk, will send his angel with thee, and will direct thy way: and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my own kindred, and of my father's house.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:5The servant answered: If the woman will not come with me into this land, must I bring thy son back again to the place, from whence thou camest out?

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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