Genesis 24:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gal 5:1 : 1 Stand firm therefore in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and do not become entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
  • Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
  • Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
  • Heb 11:13-16 : 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly, if they had called to mind that country from which they had come, they might have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
  • 2 Pet 2:20-22 : 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "The dog returns to his own vomit," and "the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire."

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  • Gen 24:2-5
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    85%

    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."

    5And 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?"

  • Gen 24:7-9
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    82%

    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.

  • Gen 24:37-41
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    78%

    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.'

  • Gen 22:10-12
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    10And Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

    11And the angel of the LORD called to him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here I am.

    12And he said, Do not lay your hand upon the boy, nor do anything to him: for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son from me.

  • Gen 21:23-24
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    23Now therefore swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have sojourned.

    24And Abraham said, I will swear.

  • Gen 22:5
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    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 26:2
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    2And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land which I shall tell you of:

  • Gen 24:34
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    34So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.

  • Gen 24:12
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    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 20:11
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    11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me for my wife's sake.

  • Gen 22:1-2
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    1And it happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

    2And He said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah; and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.

  • Gen 44:34
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    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 22:15-16
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    15And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham out of heaven the second time,

    16And said, By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son:

  • Gen 44:32
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    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.

  • Gen 42:38
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    38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left: if harm befalls him on the journey in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • Josh 24:3
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    3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and gave him Isaac.

  • Gen 44:30
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    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 18:16
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    16And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

  • Gen 12:1
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    1Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get yourself out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you:

  • Gen 26:24
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    24And the LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham your father: fear not, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake.