Genesis 24:38
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’”
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“but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.”
King James Version · Public Domain“but thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“If not--unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 24:38 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 12:1Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
- Genesis 24:4but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
- Genesis 31:19Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
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