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Genesis 24:39

And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me?

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Genesis 24:39 in other translations

KJV King James Version

And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’

WEB World English Bible

I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’

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36 And Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master after she had grown old; and unto him has he given all that he has.

37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanite, in whose land I am dwelling;

38 but thou shalt by all means go to my father's house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.

39 And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me?

40 And he said to me, Jehovah, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way, that thou mayest take a wife for my son of my family, and out of my father's house.

41 Then shalt thou be quit of my oath, when thou shalt have come to my family. And if they give thee not [one], thou shalt be quit of my oath.

42 And I came this day to the well, and said, Jehovah,God of my master Abraham, if now thou wilt prosper my way on which I go,

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