but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.'
Genesis 24:37 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Kena`anim, in whose land I live, 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. |
but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.'
Rivka said to Yitzchak, *I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Chet. If Ya`akov takes a wife of the daughters of Chet, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?*
that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.