8And if the woman will not be willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.


In Context

5 And the servant said to him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I needs bring your son again to the land from from where you came?

6 And Abraham said to him, Beware you that you bring not my son thither again.

7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spoke to me, and that swore to me, saying, To your seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife to my son from there.

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

9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning that matter.

10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

Genesis 24:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:8And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:8If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:8But if the woman will not follow thee, thou shalt not be bound by the oath; only bring not my son back thither again.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:8And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:8And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be quit of this my oath: only, bring not my son thither again.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:8And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:8And if the woman shall not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only bring not my son thither again.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:8If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:8and 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.'