Abraham said to him, “See to it that you don’t return my son there.
But the servant said to him, “Suppose the woman were unwilling to follow after me to this land? Should I then have your son go back to the land you came from?
If the woman is not willing to follow after you, then you will be free from this oath of mine. Nevertheless, you must not return my son there.”
For freedom, Messiah set us free—so stand firm, and do not be burdened by a yoke of slavery again.
But we are not among the timid ones on the path to destruction, but among the faithful ones on the path to the preservation of the soul.
By faith he migrated to the land of promise as if it were foreign, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob—fellow heirs of the same promise.