Genesis - 24:38



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

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 24:38.

Differing Translations

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But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
but thou shalt by all means go to my father's house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.
If not, unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son.
But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.
But you shall travel to my father's house, and you shall take a wife of my own kindred for my son.'
Sed ad domum patris mei perges, et ad familiam meam, et capies uxorem filio meo.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

But thou shalt go unto my (t) father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
(t) Meaning among his relatives, as in (Genesis 24:40).

But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred,
and take a wife unto my son. See Gill on Genesis 24:4.

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