Genesis 24:39

So I said unto my lord,—Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

38but, unto the house of my father, shalt thou go, and unto my family,—and take a wife for my son.

40And he said unto me,—Yahweh, before whom I have walked to and fro, will send his messenger with thee, so shall he prosper thy way, and thou shalt take a wife for my son out of my kindred and out of the house of my father.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:5And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman may not be willing to follow me into this land,—May I take back thy son, into the land from whence thou camest?

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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