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A Wife for Isaac

Genesis 24:4

In 11 translations

BSB
but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
KJV
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
WEB
But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
ASV
but thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
LSV
but to my land and to my family you go, and have taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.”
YLT
but unto my land and unto my kindred dost thou go, and hast taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.'
DBY
but thou shalt go to my land and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
DRC
But that thou go to my own country and kindred, and take a wife from thence for my son Isaac.
GNV
But thou shalt go vnto my countrey, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sone Izhak.
JPS
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son, even for Isaac.'
LXXE
But thou shalt go instead to my country, where I was born, and to my tribe, and thou shalt take from thence a wife for my son Isaac.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֧י אֶל־אַרְצִ֛י וְאֶל־מוֹלַדְתִּ֖י תֵּלֵ֑ךְ וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ אִשָּׁ֖ה לִבְנִ֥י לְיִצְחָֽק׃
LXX-Br
Ἀλλʼ ἢ εἰς τὴν γῆν μου, οὗ ἐγεννήθην, πορεύσῃ, καὶ εἰς τὴν φυλήν μου, καὶ λήψῃ γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου Ἰσαὰκ ἐκεῖθεν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 28:2“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
  • Genesis 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
  • Genesis 11:25–12:1And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters. When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. This is the account of Terah. Terah…
  • Genesis 22:20–23Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor: Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram), Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” And Bethuel became the…

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