Genesis 24:8

Neuertheles if the woman wil not follow thee, then shalt thou bee discharged of this mine othe: onely bring not my sonne thither againe.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 heauen, who tooke me from my fathers house, and from the land where I was borne, and that spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, Vnto thy seede wil I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne from thence.

9Then the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:4But thou shalt go vnto my countrey, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sone Izhak.

Numbers 30:8If her husband heard it, and holdeth his peace concerning her, the same day he heareth it, then her vowe shall stande, and her bondes wherewith she bindeth her selfe shall stand in effect.

Joshua 9:20But this we wil doe to them, and let them liue, least the wrath be vpon vs because of the othe which we sware vnto them.

Acts 7:2And he sayd, Ye men, brethren and Fathers, hearken. That God of glory appeared vnto our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

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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