Genesis 24:8

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If 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."

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  • Josh 2:17-20 : 17 The men said to her, "We will be free from this oath you made us swear 18 if, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet rope in the window through which you let us down and gathered your family into your house—your father, mother, brothers, and all who belong to you. 19 If anyone leaves the house, their death will be on their own head, and we will not be guilty. But if harm comes to anyone in your house, we will take the blame. 20 But if you reveal this matter of ours, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.
  • Num 30:5 : 5 and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, all her vows and every binding obligation she has made will stand.
  • Num 30:8 : 8 and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, her vows or obligations she has made will stand.
  • Gen 24:4-6 : 4 Instead, go to my country and my kindred to choose a wife for my son Isaac. 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?" 6 Abraham said to him, "Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
  • Josh 9:20 : 20 This is what we will do to them: We will let them live so that no wrath will fall on us for breaking the oath we swore to them.
  • John 8:32 : 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
  • Acts 7:2 : 2 Stephen replied: 'Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was living in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran.

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    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.'

    39Then I said to my master, 'What if the woman does not come back with me?'

    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.'

  • Gen 24:2-7
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    2Abraham said to his servant, the eldest in his household who managed all he owned, "Please, place your hand under my thigh.

    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.

  • Gen 24:9-10
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    9So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

    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.

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    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.

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    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."

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

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    23Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me, my children, or my descendants. Show to me and the land where you have lived the same kindness I have shown to you.

    24Abraham said, 'I swear it.'

  • Gen 44:32
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    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.'

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

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

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

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    7But if the man does not wish to marry his brother's widow, she shall go to the elders at the city gate and say, 'My brother-in-law is refusing to perform his duty to preserve his brother's name in Israel. He is unwilling to marry me.'

    8Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. If he persists and says, 'I do not want to marry her,'

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    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.'

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    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.

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    17The men said to her, "We will be free from this oath you made us swear

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    50If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.'

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    3Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father.

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    2Arise, go to Paddan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and take a wife for yourself from there, from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

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    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."

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    30So now, if I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us—since his life is so closely bound up with the boy's life—

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

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    19"Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go."