Genesis 24:40

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He answered,‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you. He will make your journey a success and you will find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father’s family.

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  • Gen 17:1 : 1 The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
  • Gen 24:7 : 7 “The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath,‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.
  • Gen 5:22 : 22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
  • Gen 5:24 : 24 Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared because God took him away.
  • Exod 23:20 : 20 The Angel of the Presence“I am going to send an angel before you to protect you as you journey and to bring you into the place that I have prepared.
  • Ps 16:8 : 8 I constantly trust in the LORD; because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
  • Ps 91:11 : 11 For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do.
  • Dan 3:28 : 28 Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed,“Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!
  • Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?
  • Rev 22:8 : 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things, and when I heard and saw them, I threw myself down to worship at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me.
  • Rev 22:16 : 16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star!”
  • Exod 33:2 : 2 I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
  • 1 Kgs 2:3 : 3 Do the job the LORD your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,
  • 1 Kgs 8:23 : 23 He prayed:“O LORD, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 “Please, LORD. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • Ps 1:3 : 3 He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.
  • Gen 6:9 : 9 The Judgment of the Flood This is the account of Noah. Noah was a godly man; he was blameless among his contemporaries. He walked with God.
  • Gen 48:15 : 15 Then he blessed Joseph and said,“May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked– the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 24:3-8
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    89%

    3so that I may make you solemnly promise by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

    4You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac.”

    5The servant asked him,“What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”

    6“Be careful never to take my son back there!” Abraham told him.

    7“The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath,‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.

    8But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!”

  • Gen 24:36-39
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    85%

    36My master’s wife Sarah bore a son to him when she was old, and my master has given him everything he owns.

    37My master made me swear an oath. He said,‘You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

    38but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’

    39But I said to my master,‘What if the woman does not want to go with me?’

  • Gen 24:41-45
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    84%

    41You will be free from your oath if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.’

    42When I came to the spring today, I prayed,‘O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if you have decided to make my journey successful, may events unfold as follows:

    43Here I am, standing by the spring. When the young woman goes out to draw water, I’ll say,“Please give me a little water to drink from your jug.”

    44Then she will reply to me,“Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels too.” May that woman be the one whom the LORD has chosen for my master’s son.’

    45“Before I finished praying in my heart, along came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder! She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her,‘Please give me a drink.’

  • Gen 24:48-51
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    79%

    48Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD. I praised the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right path to find the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.

    49Now, if you will show faithful love to my master, tell me. But if not, tell me as well, so that I may go on my way.”

    50Then Laban and Bethuel replied,“This is the LORD’s doing. Our wishes are of no concern.

    51Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decided.”

  • Gen 24:12-15
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    78%

    12He prayed,“O LORD, God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham.

    13Here I am, standing by the spring, and the daughters of the people who live in the town are coming out to draw water.

    14I will say to a young woman,‘Please lower your jar so I may drink.’ May the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac reply,‘Drink, and I’ll give your camels water too.’ In this way I will know that you have been faithful to my master.”

    15Before he had finished praying, there came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah(Milcah was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor).

  • Gen 24:27-28
    2 verses
    77%

    27saying“Praised be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love for my master! The LORD has led me to the house of my master’s relatives!”

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

  • Gen 24:56
    75%

    56But he said to them,“Don’t detain me– the LORD has granted me success on my journey. Let me leave now so I may return to my master.”

  • Gen 28:2-3
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    75%

    2Leave immediately for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

    3May the Sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.

  • Gen 24:23-24
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    75%

    23“Whose daughter are you?” he asked.“Tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

    24She said to him,“I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom Milcah bore to Nahor.

  • Gen 44:34
    74%

    34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”

  • Gen 20:13
    73%

    13When God made me wander from my father’s house, I told her,‘This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: Every place we go, say about me,“He is my brother.”’”

  • Gen 24:58
    73%

    58So they called Rebekah and asked her,“Do you want to go with this man?” She replied,“I want to go.”

  • Gen 28:15
    72%

    15I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”

  • Gen 24:34
    72%

    34“I am the servant of Abraham,” he began.

  • Gen 24:31
    72%

    31Laban said to him,“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD! Why are you standing out here when I have prepared the house and a place for the camels?”

  • Gen 33:12
    72%

    12Then Esau said,“Let’s be on our way! I will go in front of you.”

  • Gen 30:30
    72%

    30Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?”

  • Gen 26:24
    72%

    24The LORD appeared to him that night and said,“I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”

  • Gen 26:3
    72%

    3Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.

  • Gen 31:3
    72%

    3The LORD said to Jacob,“Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”