Genesis 24:38
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
In context
36 My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
37 My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,
38 but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
39 Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’
40 And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.
Genesis 24:38 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
- KJV King James Version
- But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
- WEB World English Bible
- but you shall go to my father’s house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’
- ASV American Standard Version
- but thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- If not — unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son.
- DBY Darby Translation
- but thou shalt by all means go to my father's house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But thou shalt go to my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.