Then shall you be clear from my oath when you come to my kindred, and if they do not give you one, you shall be clear from my oath.
Genesis 24:8 - Modern King James Version And if the woman will not be willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath of mine. Only do not bring my son there again. 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 shall you be clear from my oath when you come to my kindred, and if they do not give you one, you shall be clear from my oath.
But if her father does not allow her in the day that he hears, not any of her vows or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul shall stand. And Jehovah shall forgive her because her father did not allow her.
But if her husband did not allow her on the day that he heard it, then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, with which she bound her soul, of no effect. And Jehovah shall forgive her.
And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.
This we will do to them. We will even let them live, lest wrath be on us because of the oath which we swore to them.