Instead you must go to my father’s house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.’
Genesis 24:37 - Tree of Life Version Then my master made me take an oath, saying, ‘You must not take a wife for my son from among the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I’m dwelling.’ 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. |
Instead you must go to my father’s house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.’
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m disgusted with my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth like these women, from the daughters of the land what is life to me?”
then the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were good and they took for themselves wives, any they chose.