Genesis 24:38

38 but go to my father’s family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.’

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Genesis 24:38 in Other Translations

KJV

38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

ESV

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

NLT

38 Go instead to my father’s house, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son.’

MSG

38 No, go to my father's home, back to my family, and get a wife for my son there.'

CSB

38 but will go to my father's household and to my family to take a wife for my son.'

Genesis 24:38 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 24:38

But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred,
and take a wife unto my son. (See Gill on Genesis 24:4).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 24:38 In-Context

36 My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.

37 And my master made me swear an oath, and said, ‘You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,

38 but go to my father’s family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.’

39 “Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’

40 “He replied, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked faithfully, will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father’s family.

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1. ver 4; S Genesis 21:21

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