Genesis 24:39

Forsooth I answered to my lord, What if the woman will not come with me?

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 the house of my father, and of my kindred thou shalt take a wife to my son. (but thou shalt go to my father’s house, and thou shalt get a wife from my family for my son.)

40(And) He said, The Lord, in whose sight I go, shall send his angel with thee, and shall direct thy way; and thou shalt take a wife to my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house, (or and thou shalt get a wife for my son from my family, yea, from 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, whether I ought to lead again thy son to the place, from which thou wentest out? (And the servant answered, If the woman will not come back with me to this land, should I lead thy son back to the place from which thou wentest 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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