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


In Context

35 Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

36 Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.

37 My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,

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

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

40 He said to me, 'Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son of my relatives, and 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 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 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.