Genesis 24:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Gal 5:1 : 1 Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.
  • Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not of those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.
  • Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:
  • Heb 11:13-16 : 13 All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth. 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves. 15 And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back. 16 But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.
  • 2 Pet 2:20-22 : 20 For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first. 21 For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it. 22 They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.

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    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.

    5And 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?

  • Gen 24:7-9
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    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.

  • Gen 24:37-41
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    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.

  • Gen 22:10-12
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    10And stretching out his hand, Abraham took the knife to put his son to death.

    11But the voice of the angel of the Lord came from heaven, saying, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

    12And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.

  • Gen 21:23-24
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    23Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.

    24And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.

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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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    2And 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:

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    34And he said, I am Abraham's servant.

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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.

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    11And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.

  • Gen 22:1-2
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    1Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

    2And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.

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    34For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?

  • Gen 22:15-16
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    15And the voice of the angel of the Lord came to Abraham a second time from heaven,

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    3And 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.

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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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    16And the men went on from there in the direction of Sodom; and Abraham went with them on their way.

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    24That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.