‘Then I asked my master, “What if the woman will not come back with me?”
Genesis 24:5 - New International Version (Anglicised) The servant asked him, ‘What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The servant said to him, But perhaps the woman will not be willing to come along after me to this country. Must I take your son to the country from which you came? American Standard Version (1901) And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? Common English Bible The servant said to him, “What if the woman doesn’t agree to come back with me to this land? Shouldn’t I take your son back to the land you left?” Catholic Public Domain Version The servant responded, "If the woman is not willing to come with me into this land, must I lead your son back to the place from which you departed?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The servant answered: If the woman will not come with me into this land, must I bring thy son back again to the place, from whence thou camest out? |
‘Then I asked my master, “What if the woman will not come back with me?”
but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.’
So they called Rebekah and asked her, ‘Will you go with this man?’ ‘I will go,’ she said.
You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
All who are prudent act with knowledge, but fools expose their folly.
and if in a truthful, just and righteous way you swear, “As surely as the Lord lives,” then the nations will invoke blessings by him and in him they will boast.’