Genesis 24:39

And I said to my master, Haply the woman will not go with me.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

38But you shall go to the house of my father, and to my tribe, and you shall take thence a wife for my son.

40And he said to me, The Lord God to whom I have been acceptable in his presence, himself shall send out his angel with you, and shall prosper your journey, and you shall take a wife for my son of my tribe, and of the house of my father.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:5And the servant said to him, Shall I carry back your son to the land whence you came forth, + 24:5 See the use of μή ποτε in a somewhat similar case, 2 Tim 2:25. if haply the woman should not be willing to return with me to this land?

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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