Parallel Verses
Amplified
If the woman is not willing to follow you [to this land], then you will be free from this my oath and blameless; only you must never take my son back there.”
New American Standard Bible
But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will
King James Version
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
Holman Bible
If the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are free from this oath to me,
International Standard Version
If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you'll be free from this oath to me. Just don't take my son back there!"
A Conservative Version
And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shall be clear from this my oath. Only thou shall not bring my son there again.
American Standard Version
And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath. Only thou shalt not bring my son thither again.
Bible in Basic English
And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.
Darby Translation
And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be quit of this my oath: only, bring not my son thither again.
Julia Smith Translation
And if the woman shall not be willing to come after thee, and thou shalt be clear from this thine oath; only thou shalt not turn back my son there.
King James 2000
And if the woman will not be willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son there again.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And if the woman is not willing {to follow} you, then you shall be released from this oath of mine--only you must not return my son there."
Modern King James verseion
And if the woman will not be willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath of mine. Only do not bring my son there again.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Nevertheless, if the woman will not agree to come with thee then shalt thou be without danger of this oath. But above all things bring not my son thither again."
NET Bible
But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!"
New Heart English Bible
If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again."
The Emphasized Bible
But if unwilling be the woman to follow thee, then shalt thou be clear from this mine oath, - Only my son, shalt thou not take back thither
Webster
And if the woman shall not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only bring not my son thither again.
World English Bible
If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again."
Youngs Literal Translation
and if the woman be not willing to come after thee, then thou hast been acquitted from this mine oath: only my son thou dost not cause to turn back thither.'
Themes
Interlinear
Naqah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 24:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Isaac And Rebekah
7 The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, from the land of my family and my birth, who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you [to guide you], and you will take a wife from there for my son [and bring her here]. 8 If the woman is not willing to follow you [to this land], then you will be free from this my oath and blameless; only you must never take my son back there.” 9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
Phrases
Cross References
Joshua 2:17-20
The men said to her, “We shall be blameless and free from this oath which you have made us swear,
Genesis 24:4-6
but you will [instead] go to my [former] country (Mesopotamia) and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac [the heir of the covenant promise].”
Numbers 30:5
But if her father disapproves of her [making her vow] on the day that he hears about it, none of her vows or her pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand; and the Lord will forgive her because her father has disapproved of her [making the vow].
Numbers 30:8
But if her husband disapproves of her [making her vow or pledge] on the day that he hears of it, then he shall annul her vow which she is under and the rash statement of her lips by which she bound herself; and the Lord will forgive her.
Joshua 9:20
This [is what] we will do to them: we will let them live, so that the wrath [of God] does not come upon us for [violating] the oath which we have sworn to them.”
John 8:32
Acts 7:2
And he answered, “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory [the Shekinah, the radiance of God] appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,