38but thou shalt by all means go to my father's house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.


In Context

35 And Jehovah has blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and he has given him sheep and cattle, and silver and gold, and bondmen and bondwomen, and camels and asses.

36 And Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master after she had grown old; and unto him has he given all that he has.

37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanite, in whose land I am dwelling;

38 but thou shalt by all means go to my father's house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.

39 And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me?

40 And he said to me, Jehovah, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way, that thou mayest take a wife for my son of my family, and out of my father's house.

Genesis 24:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:38But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:38but go to my father's family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:38But thou shalt go to my father's house, and shalt take a wife of my own kindred for my son:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:38But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:38but thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:38But thou shalt go to my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:38but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:38If not — unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:38But you shall go to my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife to my son.