Genesis 24:5
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?
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- Gen 24:58 : 58 And they sent for Rebekah and said to her, Are you ready to go with this man? And she said, I am ready.
- Exod 9:2 : 2 For if you will not let them go, but still keep them in your power,
- Exod 20:7 : 7 You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord
- Prov 13:16 : 16 A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.
- Jer 4:2 : 2 And you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the nations will make use of you as a blessing, and in you will they take a pride.
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- Gen 24:6-105 verses86%
6And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.
7The 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.
8And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.
9And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing.
10And 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 24:2-43 verses86%
2And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:
3And 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;
4But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.
- Gen 24:37-459 verses84%
37And 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;
38But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.
39And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come with me?
40And 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;
41And 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.
42And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,
43Let 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,
44Take 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.
45And even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she went down to the spring to get water; and I said to her, Give me a drink.
- Gen 24:14-152 verses78%
14Now, 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.
15And 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 24:57-593 verses77%
57And they said, We will send for the girl, and let her make the decision.
58And they sent for Rebekah and said to her, Are you ready to go with this man? And she said, I am ready.
59So they sent their sister Rebekah and her servant with Abraham's servant and his men.
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34And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
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5Then he said to his young men, Keep here with the ass; and I and the boy will go on and give worship and come back again to you.
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12And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.
- Gen 24:48-492 verses75%
48And 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.
49And now, say if you will do what is good and right for my master or not, in order that it may be clear to me what I have to do.
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51See, here is Rebekah: take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has said.
- Gen 44:32-343 verses75%
32For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.
33So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.
34For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?
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66Then the servant gave Isaac the story of all he had done.
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61So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.
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23And said to her, Whose daughter are you? is there room in your father's house for us?
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2But 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.
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30If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,
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17And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.
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13And when God sent me wandering from my father's house, I said to her, Let this be the sign of your love for me; wherever we go, say of me, He is my brother.
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20And after putting the water from her vessel into the animals' drinking-place, she went quickly back to the spring and got water for all the camels.
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27And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.