Genesis 24:39

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Then I said to my master, 'What if the woman does not come back with me?'

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  • Gen 24:5 : 5 The servant said to him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Should I then take your son back to the land you came from?"

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  • Gen 24:3-8
    6 verses
    84%

    3I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living.

    4Instead, go to my country and my kindred to choose a wife for my son Isaac.

    5The servant said to him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Should I then take your son back to the land you came from?"

    6Abraham said to him, "Make sure that you do not take my son back there.

    7The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's household and my native land, who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' will send His angel before you so that you can find a wife for my son there.

    8If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. But do not take my son back there."

  • Gen 24:40-45
    6 verses
    84%

    40He answered me, 'The Lord, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey successful, so that you can take a wife for my son from my family and my father's household.

    41'You will be released from my oath if you go to my family and they refuse to give her to you. Then you will be free from my oath.'

    42So today I came to the spring and prayed, 'Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you are making my journey successful,

    43see, I am standing beside this spring. If a young woman comes out to draw water and I say to her, "Please give me a little water from your jar to drink,"

    44and she says to me, "Drink, and I will draw water for your camels too," let her be the one the Lord has chosen for my master's son.'

    45Before I had finished speaking to myself, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, drew water, and I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'

  • Gen 24:36-38
    3 verses
    83%

    36Sarah, my master’s wife, bore him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.

    37My master made me swear an oath, saying, 'You must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live.

    38Instead, you must go to my father's household and to my family to take a wife for my son.'

  • Gen 24:54-58
    5 verses
    79%

    54Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, 'Send me on my way to my master.'

    55But her brother and her mother said, 'Let the young woman stay with us ten days or so; then you may go.'

    56But he said to them, 'Do not delay me. The Lord has given success to my journey. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.'

    57Then they said, 'Let’s call the young woman and ask her about it.'

    58So they called Rebekah and asked her, 'Will you go with this man?' She replied, 'I will go.'

  • Gen 24:48-49
    2 verses
    78%

    48Then I bowed down and worshiped the Lord. I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right path to take the daughter of my master’s kinsman for his son.

    49Now if you are willing to show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me. If not, tell me, so that I may turn to the right or to the left.

  • Gen 24:12-14
    3 verses
    76%

    12Then he prayed, "Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show kindness to my master Abraham."

    13"See, I am standing here by the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

    14May it be that when I say to a young woman, 'Please let down your jar so that I may drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I'll water your camels too,' let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."

  • Gen 44:32-34
    3 verses
    76%

    32For your servant took responsibility for the boy before my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.'

    33Now, therefore, please let your servant remain here as a slave to my lord in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.

    34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I could not bear to see the misery that would come upon my father.

  • Gen 24:51
    76%

    51Here is Rebekah; take her and go. Let her become the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has spoken.

  • Gen 24:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27He said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his steadfast love and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives."

    28The young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

  • Gen 24:34
    73%

    34So he said, "I am Abraham’s servant.

  • Gen 24:61
    73%

    61Then Rebekah and her young women got up, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.

  • Gen 24:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.

    21Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to see whether the Lord had made his journey successful or not.

  • 1 Sam 25:19
    72%

    19She said to her servants, "Go ahead of me; I will follow you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

  • Gen 24:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17The servant hurried to meet her and said, "Please give me a little water from your jar."

    18"Drink, my lord," she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

  • Gen 24:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23Then he asked, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"

    24She answered him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor."

  • Gen 18:3
    71%

    3He said, 'My Lord, if I have found favor in Your sight, please do not pass by Your servant.'

  • Ruth 1:18
    71%

    18When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.

  • Gen 24:65
    71%

    65She said to the servant, 'Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?' The servant replied, 'He is my master.' So she took her veil and covered herself.

  • 2 Kgs 4:24
    71%

    24Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, "Lead on; don’t slow down for me unless I tell you."

  • Gen 28:15
    71%

    15Look, I am with you, and I will guard you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, because I will not leave you until I have done everything I promised you.

  • Num 10:30
    71%

    30But he replied to him, "I will not go; I am going back to my own land and to my relatives."

  • Gen 24:10
    71%

    10The servant took ten camels from his master’s herds and set out, taking with him all kinds of good gifts from his master. He went to Aram Naharaim, to the city of Nahor.