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Genesis 24:8

WEB

8If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”

KJV

8And 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.

BSB

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.”

FBV

8However, if the woman refuses to return here with you, then you are released from this oath. But make sure you don't take my son back there.”

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Extra References

Joshua 2:17-20

17The men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath which you’ve made us to swear. 18Behold, when we come into the land, tie this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. Gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household. 19It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him. 20But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you’ve made us to swear.”


Numbers 30:5

5But if her father forbids her in the day that he hears, none of her vows or of her pledges with which she has bound her soul, shall stand. The LORD will forgive her, because her father has forbidden her.


Numbers 30:8

8But if her husband forbids her in the day that he hears it, then he makes void her vow which is on her and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul. The LORD will forgive her.


Acts 7:2

2He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,


John 8:32

32You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”


Genesis 24:4-6

4But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”

5The servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?”

6Abraham said to him, “Beware that you don’t bring my son there again.


Joshua 9:20

20We will do this to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.”