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."


In Context

5 The servant asked him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?"

6 "Make sure that you do not take my son back there," Abraham said.

7 "The Lord , the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land'-he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.

8 If 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."

9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

10 Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and left, taking with him all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town 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 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:8And 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.