Then you will be free from my oath if you go to my family and they do not give her to you #– #you will be free from my oath.”
Genesis 24:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are free from this oath to me, but don’t let my son go back there.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 But if the woman will not follow thee, thou shalt not be bound by the oath; only bring not my son back thither again. |
Then you will be free from my oath if you go to my family and they do not give her to you #– #you will be free from my oath.”
But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, none of her vows and none of the obligations she put herself under are binding. The Lord will release her because her father has prohibited her.
But if her husband prohibits her when he hears about it, he will cancel her vow that is binding or the rash commitment she herself made, and the Lord will release her.
‘Brothers and fathers,’ he replied, ‘listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,
This is how we will treat them: we will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.’