Genesis 24:5

The Message

The servant answered, “But what if the woman refuses to leave home and come with me? Do I then take your son back to your home country?”

Cross References

Genesis 24:58

She said, “I’m ready to go.”

Genesis 24:6

Abraham said, “Oh no. Never. By no means are you to take my son back there. God, the God of Heaven, took me from the home of my father and from the country of my birth and spoke to me in solemn promise, ‘I’m giving this land to your descendants.’ This God will send his angel ahead of you to get a wife for my son. And if the woman won’t come, you are free from this oath you’ve sworn to me. But under no circumstances are you to take my son back there.”

Exodus 20:7

No using the name of God, your God, in curses or silly banter; God won’t put up with the irreverent use of his name.

Proverbs 13:16

A commonsense person lives good sense; fools litter the country with silliness.