Genesis 24:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son thither again.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And if the woman should not be willing to go along after you, then you will be clear from this oath; only you must not take my son back there.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son thither again.

Common English Bible

⁸ If the woman won’t agree to come back with you, you will be free from this obligation to me. Only don’t take my son back there.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ But if the woman is not willing to follow you, you will not be held by the oath. Only do not lead my son back to that place."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ But if the woman will not follow thee, thou shalt not be bound by the oath; only bring not my son back thither again.

Genesis 24:8 Cross References

Genesis 24:41

then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give her not to thee, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

Numbers 30:5

But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

Numbers 30:8

But if her husband disallow her in the day that he heareth it; then he shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul: and the LORD shall forgive her.

John 8:32

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Acts 7:2

And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

Joshua 9:20

This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.