So you must promise to go to my father’s country. Go to my family and choose a wife for my son.’
Genesis 24:37 - Easy To Read Version My master forced me to make a promise to him. My master said to me, ‘You must not allow my son to marry a girl from Canaan. We live among those people, but I don’t want him to marry one of the Canaanite girls. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And my master made me swear, saying, You must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell, American Standard Version (1901) And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: Common English Bible My master made me give him my word: ‘Don’t choose a wife for my son from the Canaanite women, in whose land I’m living. Catholic Public Domain Version And my lord made me swear, saying: 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And my master made me swear, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the Chanaanites, in whose land I dwell. |
So you must promise to go to my father’s country. Go to my family and choose a wife for my son.’
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “Your son Esau married Hittite women. I am very upset about these women. Why? Because they are not our people. I’ll just die if Jacob marries one of these women too!”