Genesis 24:38

In 11 translations

BSB

but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’

KJV

But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

WEB

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

ASV

but thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

LSV

If not—to the house of my father you go, and to my family, and you have taken a wife for my son.

YLT

If not — unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son.

DBY

but thou shalt by all means go to my father's house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.

DRC

But thou shalt go to my father’s house, and shalt take a wife of my own kindred for my son:

GNV

But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne.

JPS

But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

LXXE

But thou shalt go to the house of my father, and to my tribe, and thou shalt take thence a wife for my son.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

אִם־לֹ֧א אֶל־בֵּית־אָבִ֛י תֵּלֵ֖ךְ וְאֶל־מִשְׁפַּחְתִּ֑י וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ אִשָּׁ֖ה לִבְנִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Ἀλλʼ εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου πορεύσῃ, καὶ εἰς τὴν φυλήν μου, καὶ λήψῃ γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου ἐκεῖθεν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 24:4but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
• Genesis 31:19Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
• Genesis 12:1Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

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