Genesis 24:8

Genesis 24:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this oath of mine; only you must not take my son back there."
• New Living Translation (NLT)If she is unwilling to come back with you, then you are free from this oath of mine. But under no circumstances are you to take my son there.”

Context of Genesis 24:8

6But Abraham said to him, “Beware that you do not take my son back there. 7The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my family, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, ‘To your descendants I give this land,’ He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there.” 9So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter. 10Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, for all his master’s goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

Genesis 24:8 word by word

וְאִם־לֹ֨א תֹאבֶ֤ה הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ לָלֶ֣כֶת אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ וְנִקִּ֕יתָ מִשְּׁבֻעָתִ֖י זֹ֑את רַ֣ק אֶת־בְּנִ֔י לֹ֥א תָשֵׁ֖ב שָֽׁמָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And if the womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• will not be willingאָבָה'âbâh · be willingH14
• to followיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• theeאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• then thou shalt be clearנָקָהnâqâh · to clearH5352
• from this my oathשְׁבוּעָהshebû‛âh · oathH7621
• only bringשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• not my sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Cross-references for Genesis 24:8

• Numbers 30:5But if her father overrules her on the day that he hears, then none of her vows nor her agreements by which she has bound herself shall stand; and the Lord will release her, because her father overruled her.
• Joshua 2:17So the men said to her: “We will be blameless of this oath of yours which you have made us swear,
• Joshua 9:20This we will do to them: We will let them live, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them.”
• John 8:32And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
• Genesis 24:4but you shall go to my country and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
• Acts 7:2And he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

Commentaries on Genesis 24:8

• 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
• Eliezer
• Follow
• Hivites
• Isaac
• Laban
• Light
• Lord
• Raiment
• Rebekah

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