Genesis 24:6

Genesis 24:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
• New International Version (NIV)“Make sure that you do not take my son back there,” Abraham said.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Abraham said to him, “Beware that you do not take my son back there.

Context of Genesis 24:6

4but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.” 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?” Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there. 7The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there. 8And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”

Genesis 24:6 word by word

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו אַבְרָהָ֑ם הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֔ פֶּן־תָּשִׁ֥יב אֶת־בְּנִ֖י שָֽׁמָּה׃Read the interlinear

• Abrahamאַבְרָהָם'abrâhâm · AbrahamH85
• repliedאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• repliedאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Make sureשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: carefulH8104
• that you do notפֶּן־pên · lestH6435
• take my sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• backשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033

Cross-references for Genesis 24:6

• Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
• Hebrews 10:39But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
• Hebrews 11:9By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
• 2 Peter 2:20If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

Commentaries on Genesis 24:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-67Verses 1-67 - The Marriage of Isaac 26. קרד qādad “bow the head.” השׁתחוה shâchâh “bow the body.” 29. לבן lābān “Laban, white.” In this circumstantial account of the marriage of Isaac, we have a beautiful picture of ancient manners in the East, the living original of which the present customs of that cradle of mankind are a striking copy. Genesis 24:1-9 Abraham binds the chief servant of his house to seek a wife for his son Isaac among his kindred…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8The servant was never to take Isaac out of the promised land to find a wife. Abraham protected Isaac and made sure God’s promises would remain tied to the land of blessing.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-91. And Abraham was old ... take a wife--His anxiety to see his son married was natural to his position as a pastoral chief interested in preserving the honor of his tribe, and still more as a patriarch who had regard to the divine promise of a numerous posterity.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Abraham
• Abraham, Abram
• Eliezer
• Follow
• Hivites
• Isaac
• Laban
• Light
• Lord
• Raiment

Commentaries on Genesis 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings