Genesis 24:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ The servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman may not be willing to follow me to this land; must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”

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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?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ The servant answered: If the woman will not come with me into this land, must I bring thy son back again to the place, from whence thou camest out?

Genesis 24:5 Cross References

Genesis 24:39

I said to my master, ‘Perhaps the woman will not follow me.’

Genesis 24:4

but will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”

Genesis 24:58

And they called Rebekah, and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” She said, “I will go.”

Genesis 24:6

Abraham said to him, “See to it that you do not take my son back there.

Exodus 20:7

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

Exodus 9:2

For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,

Proverbs 13:16

In everything a prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.

Jeremiah 4:2

and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in uprightness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.”