◄ Genesis 24:39 ►
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Good News Translation
And I asked my master, 'What if she will not come with me?'

New Revised Standard Version
I said to my master, ‘Perhaps the woman will not follow me.’

Contemporary English Version
I asked my master, "What if the young woman refuses to come with me?"

New American Bible
When I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I answered my master: What if the woman will not come with me?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But I answered my master: What if the woman will not come with me?

Genesis 24:5 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?

Peradventure.

Genesis 9:18 And the sons of Noe, who came out of the ark, were Sem, Cham, and Japheth: and Cham is the father of Chanaan.

,) what the sentiments of the ancients were relative to an oath. They believed that they were bound precisely by what was spoken, and had no liberty to interpret the intentions of those by whom the oath was made.

Context
Rebekah is Chosen
…38But thou shalt go to my father's house, and shalt take a wife of my own kindred for my son: 39But I answered my master: What if the woman will not come with me?40The Lord, said he, in whose sight I walk, will send his angel with thee, and will direct thy way: and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my own kindred, and of my father's house.…
Cross References
Genesis 24:5
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?

Genesis 24:38
But thou shalt go to my father's house, and shalt take a wife of my own kindred for my son:

Genesis 24:38
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