Genesis 24:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Josh 2:17-20 : 17 And the men said to her, We will only be responsible for this oath which you have made us take, 18 If, when we come into the land, you put this cord of bright red thread in the window from which you let us down; and get your father and mother and your brothers and all your family into the house; 19 Then if anyone goes out of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, we will not be responsible; but if any damage comes to anyone in the house, his blood will be on our heads. 20 But if you say anything about our business here, then we will be free from the oath you have made us take.
  • Num 30:5 : 5 If her father, hearing of her oath or the undertaking she has given, says nothing to her, then all her oaths and every undertaking she has given will have force.
  • Num 30:8 : 8 If her husband, hearing of it, says nothing to her at the time, then the oaths she made and the undertakings she gave will have force.
  • Gen 24:4-6 : 4 But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac. 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.
  • Josh 9:20 : 20 This is what we will do to them: we will not put them to death, for fear that wrath may come on us because of our oath to them.
  • John 8:32 : 32 And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.
  • Acts 7:2 : 2 And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

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  • Gen 24:37-44
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    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.

    42 And 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,

    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 24:2-7
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    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;

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

    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.

  • Gen 24:9-10
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    9 And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing.

    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 24:48-49
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    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.

    49 And 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 21:23-24
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    23 Now, 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.

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

  • 32 For 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.

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

  • 12 And 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.

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

  • Deut 25:7-8
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    7 But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.

    8 Then the responsible men of the town will send for the man, and have talk with him: and if he still says, I will not take her;

  • 16 But if he says to you, I have no desire to go away from you; because you and your family are dear to him and he is happy with you;

  • 17 But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go.

  • 16 Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,

  • 56 And he said, Do not keep me; the Lord has given a good outcome to my journey; let me now go back to my master.

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

  • 17 And the men said to her, We will only be responsible for this oath which you have made us take,

  • 50 If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.

  • 3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

  • 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.

  • 27 And 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.

  • 30 If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

  • 21 And the man, looking at her, said nothing, waiting to see if the Lord had given his journey a good outcome.

  • 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.