Then you will be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don’t give her to you, you will be clear from my oath.’
Genesis 24:8 - Y'all Version Bible If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you will be clear from this oath to me. Only you must 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 you will be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don’t give her to you, you will be clear from my oath.’
But if her father forbids her in the day that he hears, none of her vows or of her pledges by which she has bound her soul, will stand. YHWH will forgive her, because her father has forbidden her.
But if her husband forbids her in the day that he hears it, then he makes void her vow which is on her and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul. YHWH will forgive her.
“Brothers and fathers,” he replied, “Y’all must listen to me: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
This is what we will do this to them: we will let them live so that no wrath will be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.”