39"Then I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not come back with me?'


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, 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.

41 Then, when you go to my clan, you will be released from my oath even if they refuse to give her to you-you will be released from my oath.'

Genesis 24:39 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:39And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:39But I answered my master: What if the woman will not come with me?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:39And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:39And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:39And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:39And I said to my master, It may be the woman will not follow me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:39I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not follow me?'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:39'And I say unto my lord, It may be the woman doth not come after me;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:39And I said to my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.