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


In Context

35 The Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, and camels and donkeys.

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, 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.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:38but thou shalt by all means go to my father's house and to my family, 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.