Genesis 24:38

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

If not -- unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 24:4 : 4 but unto my land and unto my kindred dost thou go, and hast taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.'
  • Gen 31:19 : 19 And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath;
  • Gen 12:1 : 1 And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 24:2-8
    7 verses
    92%

    2and Abraham saith unto his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he hath, `Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,

    3and I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;

    4but unto my land and unto my kindred dost thou go, and hast taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.'

    5And the servant saith unto him, `It may be the woman is not willing to come after me unto this land; do I at all cause thy son to turn back unto the land from whence thou camest out?'

    6And Abraham saith unto him, `Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause my son to turn back thither;

    7Jehovah, God of the heavens, who hath taken me from the house of my father, and from the land of my birth, and who hath spoken to me, and who hath sworn to me, saying, To thy seed I give this land, He doth send His messenger before thee, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from thence;

    8and if the woman be not willing to come after thee, then thou hast been acquitted from this mine oath: only my son thou dost not cause to turn back thither.'

  • Gen 24:36-37
    2 verses
    87%

    36and Sarah, my lord's wife, beareth a son to my lord, after she hath been aged, and he giveth to him all that he hath.

    37`And my lord causeth me to swear, saying, Thou dost not take a wife to my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in whose land I am dwelling.

  • Gen 24:39-44
    6 verses
    85%

    39`And I say unto my lord, It may be the woman doth not come after me;

    40and he saith unto me, Jehovah, before whom I have walked habitually, doth send His messenger with thee, and hath prospered thy way, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from my family, and from the house of my father;

    41then art thou acquitted from my oath, when thou comest unto my family, and if they give not `one' to thee; then thou hast been acquitted from my oath.

    42`And I come to-day unto the fountain, and I say, Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, if Thou art, I pray Thee, making prosperous my way in which I am going --

    43(lo, I am standing by the fountain of water), then the virgin who is coming out to draw, and I have said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher,

    44and she hath said unto me, Both drink thou, and also for thy camels I draw -- she is the woman whom Jehovah hath decided for my lord's son.

  • Gen 28:1-3
    3 verses
    83%

    1And Isaac calleth unto Jacob, and blesseth him, and commandeth him, and saith to him, `Thou dost not take a wife of the daughters of Caanan;

    2rise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel, thy mother's father, and take for thyself from thence a wife, of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother;

    3and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples;

  • Gen 24:51
    80%

    51lo, Rebekah `is' before thee, take and go, and she is a wife to thy lord's son, as Jehovah hath spoken.'

  • Gen 24:48-49
    2 verses
    78%

    48and I bow, and do obeisance before Jehovah, and I bless Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, who hath led me in the true way to receive the daughter of my lord's brother for his son.

    49`And now, if ye are dealing kindly and truly with my lord, declare to me; and if not, declare to me; and I turn unto the right or unto the left.'

  • Gen 24:58
    76%

    58and they call for Rebekah, and say unto her, `Dost thou go with this man?' and she saith, `I go.'

  • Gen 12:19
    75%

    19Why hast thou said, She `is' my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.'

  • Gen 24:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14and it hath been, the young person unto whom I say, Incline, I pray thee, thy pitcher, and I drink, and she hath said, Drink, and I water also thy camels) -- her Thou hast decided for Thy servant, for Isaac; and by it I know that Thou hast done kindness with my lord.'

    15And it cometh to pass, before he hath finished speaking, that lo, Rebekah (who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham) is coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder,

  • Gen 24:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23and saith, `Whose daughter `art' thou? declare to me, I pray thee, is the house of thy father a place for us to lodge in?'

    24And she saith unto him, `I `am' daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, whom she hath borne to Nahor.'

  • Gen 28:6
    75%

    6And Esau seeth that Isaac hath blessed Jacob, and hath sent him to Padan-Aram to take to himself from thence a wife -- in his blessing him that he layeth a charge upon him, saying, Thou dost not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan --

  • Gen 24:28
    74%

    28And the young person runneth, and declareth to the house of her mother according to these words.

  • Gen 44:34
    74%

    34for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'

  • Gen 20:12
    74%

    12and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;

  • Gen 34:9
    74%

    9and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves,

  • Gen 38:16
    73%

    16and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, `Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee,' (for he hath not known that she `is' his daughter-in-law); and she saith, `What dost thou give to me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'

  • Gen 38:8
    73%

    8And Judah saith to Onan, `Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;'

  • Gen 24:55-56
    2 verses
    73%

    55and her brother saith -- her mother also -- `Let the young person abide with us a week or ten days, afterwards doth she go.'

    56And he saith unto them, `Do not delay me, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way; send me away, and I go to my lord;'

  • Judg 15:2
    73%

    2and her father saith, I certainly said, that thou didst certainly hate her, and I give her to thy companion; is not her sister -- the young one -- better than she? Let her be, I pray thee, to thee, instead of her.'

  • Deut 28:30
    73%

    30`A woman thou dost betroth, and another man doth lie with her; a house thou dost build, and dost not dwell in it; a vineyard thou dost plant, and dost not make it common;

  • Gen 44:27
    72%

    27`And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye -- ye have known that two did my wife bare to me,

  • Judg 14:3
    72%

    3And his father saith to him -- also his mother, `Is there not among the daughters of thy brethren, and among all my people, a woman, that thou art going to take a woman from the uncircumcised Philistines?' and Samson saith unto his father, `Take her for me, for she is right in mine eyes.'