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Genesis 24:39
And I said to my master, It may be the woman will not follow me.
Genesis 24:39 · Webster Bible
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Genesis 24:39 in other translations
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’
I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’
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In context
36 And Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old: and to him hath he given all that he hath.
37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
38 But thou shalt go to my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.
39 And I said to my master, It may be the woman will not follow me.
40 And he said to me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house.
41 Then shalt thou be clear from [this] my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee [one], thou shalt be clear from my oath.
42 And I came this day to the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou dost prosper my way which I go:
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