Genesis 24:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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."

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  • Josh 2:17-20 : 17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this your oath which you have made us swear. 18 Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you let us down by: and you shall bring your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's household, home unto you. 19 And it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. 20 And if you reveal this our business, then we will be released from your oath which you have made us swear.
  • Num 30:5 : 5 But if her father disallows her on the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand, and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
  • Num 30:8 : 8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it, then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, with which she bound her soul, of no effect, and the LORD shall forgive her.
  • Gen 24:4-6 : 4 But you shall go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac." 5 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?" 6 And Abraham said to him, "Beware that you do not take my son back there.
  • Josh 9:20 : 20 This we will do to them; we will let them live, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath we swore to them.
  • John 8:32 : 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
  • Acts 7:2 : 2 And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

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    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.'

  • Gen 24:2-7
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    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?"

    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.

  • Gen 24:9-10
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    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.

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    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."

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    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."

  • Gen 24:51
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    51Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the LORD has spoken."

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

  • Deut 25:7-8
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    7And if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to raise up a name for his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.'

    8Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him; and if he stands firm, and says, 'I do not want to take her,'

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    17But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and leave.

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    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:

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    56And he said to them, "Do not hinder me, since the LORD has prospered my way; send me away so that I may go to my master."

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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.

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    17And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this your oath which you have made us swear.

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    50If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and you.

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    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.

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    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."

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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;

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    21And the man, wondering at her, remained silent, to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

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