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Rebekah Is Chosen

Genesis 24:39

In 11 translations

BSB
Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’
KJV
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
WEB
I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’
ASV
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
LSV
And I say to my lord, It may be the woman does not come after me;
YLT
'And I say unto my lord, It may be the woman doth not come after me;
DBY
And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me?
DRC
But I answered my master: What if the woman will not come with me?
GNV
Then I saide vnto my master, What if the woman will not follow me?
JPS
And I said unto my master: Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
LXXE
And I said to my master, Haply the woman will not go with me.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וָאֹמַ֖ר אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֑י אֻלַ֛י לֹא־תֵלֵ֥ךְ הָאִשָּׁ֖ה אַחֲרָֽי׃
LXX-Br
Εἶπα δὲ τῷ κυρίῳ μου, μήποτε οὐ πορεύσεται ἡ γυνὴ μετʼ ἐμοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 24:5The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”

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