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


In Context

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.

41 Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:39"Then I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not come back with 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 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.