Genesis 24:5 - Easy To Read Version

⁵ The servant said to him, “Maybe this woman will not want to come back with me to this land. If that happens, should I take your son with me to your homeland?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ The servant said to him, But perhaps the woman will not be willing to come along after me to this country. Must I take your son to the country from which you came?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

Common English Bible

⁵ The servant said to him, “What if the woman doesn’t agree to come back with me to this land? Shouldn’t I take your son back to the land you left?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ The servant responded, "If the woman is not willing to come with me into this land, must I lead your son back to the place from which you departed?"

Genesis 24:5 Cross References

Genesis 24:39

I said to my master, ‘Maybe the woman will not come back to this place with me.’

Genesis 24:4

Go back to my country to my own people. There find a wife for my son Isaac and bring her here to him.”

Genesis 24:58

They called Rebekah and asked her, “Do you want to go with this man now?”

Genesis 24:6

Abraham said to him, “No! Don’t take my son to that place.

Exodus 20:7

“You must not use the name of the Lord your God in a wrong way. If a person uses the Lord’s name in a wrong way, then that person is guilty. And the Lord will not make him innocent.

Exodus 9:2

If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go,

Proverbs 13:16

A wise person always thinks before he does something. But a foolish person shows he is stupid by the things he does.

Jeremiah 4:2

If you do those things,\par then you will be able to use my name\par to make a promise:\par You will be able to say,\par ‘As the Lord lives.’\par And you will be able to use those words\par in a truthful, honest, and right way.\par If you do these things, then the nations\par will be blessed by the Lord.\par They will brag about the things\par that the Lord has done.”\par