Genesis 24:38

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 24:4 : 4 But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."
  • Gen 31:19 : 19 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.
  • Gen 12:1 : 1 Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.

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  • Gen 24:2-8
    7 verses
    92%

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

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

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

    5The servant said to him, "What if the woman isn't willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?"

    6Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my son there again.

    7Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, 'I will give this land to your seed.' He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

    8If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again."

  • Gen 24:36-37
    2 verses
    87%

    36Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.

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

  • Gen 24:39-44
    6 verses
    85%

    39I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not follow me?'

    40He said to me, 'Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son of my relatives, and of my father's house.

    41Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.'

    42I came this day to the spring, and said, 'Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go--

    43behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, "Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,"

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

  • Gen 28:1-3
    3 verses
    83%

    1Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

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

    3May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

  • Gen 24:51
    80%

    51Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has spoken."

  • Gen 24:48-49
    2 verses
    78%

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

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

  • Gen 24:58
    76%

    58They called Rebekah, and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She said, "I will go."

  • Gen 12:19
    75%

    19Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way."

  • Gen 24:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,' and she will say, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,'--let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."

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

  • Gen 24:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Gen 28:6
    75%

    6Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,"

  • Gen 24:28
    74%

    28The young lady ran, and told her mother's house about these words.

  • Gen 44:34
    74%

    34For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn't with me?--lest I see the evil that will come on my father."

  • Gen 20:12
    74%

    12Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

  • Gen 34:9
    74%

    9Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

  • Gen 38:16
    73%

    16He turned to her by the way, and said, "Please come, let me come in to you," for he didn't know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?"

  • Gen 38:8
    73%

    8Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother."

  • Gen 24:55-56
    2 verses
    73%

    55Her brother and her mother said, "Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go."

    56He said to them, "Don't hinder me, since Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."

  • Judg 15:2
    73%

    2Her father said, "I most certainly thought that you had utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Isn't her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her, instead."

  • Deut 28:30
    73%

    30You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use its fruit.

  • Gen 44:27
    72%

    27Your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons:

  • Judg 14:3
    72%

    3Then his father and his mother said to him, "Is there never a woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?" Samson said to his father, "Get her for me; for she pleases me well."