Genesis 24:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.

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  • Gen 28:2 : 2 But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.
  • Gen 11:25-12:1 : 25 And after the birth of Terah, Nahor went on living for a hundred and nineteen years, and had sons and daughters: 26 And Terah was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27 These are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot. 28 And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah. 30 And Sarai had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time. 32 And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran. 1 Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:
  • Gen 12:7 : 7 And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.
  • Gen 22:20-23 : 20 After these things, Abraham had news that Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor, had given birth to children; 21 Uz the oldest, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel, the father of Aram, 22 And Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel. 23 Bethuel was the father of Rebekah: these eight were the children of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brother.

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  • Gen 24:37-41
    5 verses
    92%

    37 And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

    38 But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

    39 And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come with me?

    40 And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and my father's house;

    41 And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath.

  • Gen 24:5-8
    4 verses
    86%

    5 And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?

    6 And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.

    7 The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.

    8 And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

  • Gen 28:1-6
    6 verses
    85%

    1 Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

    2 But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

    3 And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.

    4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

    5 So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

    6 So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

  • Gen 24:2-3
    2 verses
    84%

    2 And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:

    3 And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

  • Gen 24:51
    80%

    51 See, here is Rebekah: take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has said.

  • Gen 24:14-15
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    79%

    14 Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.

    15 And even before his words were ended, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water-vessel on her arm.

  • Gen 24:58
    77%

    58 And they sent for Rebekah and said to her, Are you ready to go with this man? And she said, I am ready.

  • Gen 24:43-44
    2 verses
    76%

    43 Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says,

    44 Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels; let her be the woman marked out by the Lord for my master's son.

  • Gen 24:48
    76%

    48 And with bent head I gave worship and praise to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, by whom I had been guided in the right way, to get the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

  • Gen 24:66
    75%

    66 Then the servant gave Isaac the story of all he had done.

  • Gen 24:61
    75%

    61 So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.

  • Gen 27:45-46
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    75%

    45 Till the memory of what you have done to him is past and he is no longer angry: then I will send word for you to come back; are the two of you to be taken from me in one day?

    46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, My life is a weariness to me because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from among the daughters of Heth, such as these, the women of this land, of what use will my life be to me?

  • Gen 25:20
    75%

    20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.

  • Gen 12:19
    74%

    19 Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.

  • Josh 24:3
    74%

    3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.

  • Gen 24:23
    74%

    23 And said to her, Whose daughter are you? is there room in your father's house for us?

  • Gen 24:10
    74%

    10 And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.

  • Gen 26:2
    74%

    2 And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge: