Genesis 24:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?"

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  • Gen 24:58 : 58 Then they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go."
  • Exod 9:2 : 2 For if you refuse to let them go, and continue to hold them,
  • Exod 20:7 : 7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
  • Prov 13:16 : 16 Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.
  • Jer 4:2 : 2 And you shall swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

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  • Gen 24:6-10
    5 verses
    86%

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

    7The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my relatives, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

    8And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there."

    9So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

    10Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, for all his master's goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

  • Gen 24:2-4
    3 verses
    86%

    2And Abraham said to his oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please, put your hand under my thigh,

    3and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.

    4But you shall go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

  • Gen 24:37-45
    9 verses
    84%

    37Now my master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;

    38but you shall go to my father's house and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.'

    39And I said to my master, 'Perhaps the woman will not follow me.'

    40But he said to me, 'The LORD, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father's house.

    41You will be clear from this oath when you arrive among my family, for if they will not give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.'

    42And this day I came to the well and said, 'O LORD God of my master Abraham, if You will now prosper the way in which I go,

    43behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass that when the virgin comes out to draw water, and I say to her, "Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,"

    44and she says to me, "Drink, and I will draw for your camels also," let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master's son.'

    45But before I had finished speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah, coming out with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'

  • Gen 24:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, 'Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also'—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."

    15And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother.

  • Gen 24:57-59
    3 verses
    77%

    57So they said, "We will call the young woman and ask her personally."

    58Then they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go."

    59So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.

  • Gen 24:34
    77%

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

  • Gen 22:5
    76%

    5And Abraham said to his young men, Stay here with the donkey; and I and the boy will go over there and worship, and come again to you.

  • Gen 24:12
    75%

    12And he said, "O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray, give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

  • Gen 24:48-49
    2 verses
    75%

    48And I bowed my head and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

    49Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left."

  • Gen 24:51
    75%

    51Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the LORD has spoken."

  • Gen 44:32-34
    3 verses
    75%

    32For your servant became a guarantee for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever.

    33Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant stay instead of the lad as a slave to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brothers.

    34For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad is not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come upon my father.

  • Gen 24:66
    75%

    66And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

  • Gen 24:61
    75%

    61Then Rebekah and her maids arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.

  • Gen 24:23
    74%

    23and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to lodge?"

  • Gen 28:2
    73%

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

  • Gen 44:30
    73%

    30Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

  • Gen 24:17
    73%

    17And the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher."

  • Gen 20:13
    73%

    13And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, This is your kindness which you shall show unto me; at every place where we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

  • Gen 24:20
    72%

    20Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

  • Gen 24:27
    72%

    27And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren."