Genesis 24:39
“When I said to my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
In Context
38but go to my father’s home and to my relatives and there find a wife for my son.’
Cross References
Genesis 24:5The servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I then take your son back 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 →