Genesis 24:5

Plain English Version

Then Abraham’s worker said, “Yes, I will do that. But think about this. Maybe I will pick a woman to be Isaac’s wife, and that woman will not want to leave her home country and come with me here, to Canaan country. Then what do you want me to do? Maybe I can come back here and get Isaac, and then I can take him to your home country to get married?”

Cross References

Genesis 24:39

Then I said to my boss Abraham, ‘Maybe I will pick a woman, and that woman will not want to leave her home country and come with me here, to Canaan country. Then what do you want me to do?’

Genesis 24:4

No, I want you to go back to my home country and get a wife for Isaac from my relatives.”

Genesis 24:58

So they got Rebekah, and they said to her, “Do you want to go with this man to Canaan country now, so that you can marry Abraham’s son?” Rebekah said, “Yes, I will go now.”

Genesis 24:6

Abraham said, “No way. Make sure that you never take Isaac back to my home country. He has to stay here in Canaan country.