Devine Scripture

Genesis 24:8

Genesis chapter 24 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son thither again.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son thither again.

Context

v.7Jehovah, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spake unto me, and who sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.

v.8This passage

v.9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 30:8

    But if her husband disallow her in the day that he heareth it, then he shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul: and Jehovah will forgive her.

  • Numbers 30:5

    But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and Jehovah will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

  • Acts 7:2

    And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

  • John 8:32

    and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

  • Joshua 9:20

    This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

  • Genesis 24:4

    but thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.