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39 And I said to my master, But suppose the woman will not follow me.

40 And he said to me, The Lord, in Whose presence I walk [habitually], will send His [a]Angel with you and prosper your way, and you will take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.

41 Then you shall be clear from my oath, when you come to my kindred; and if they do not give her to you, you shall be free and innocent of my oath.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:40 See footnote on Gen. 16:7.

39 “Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’(A)

40 “He replied, ‘The Lord, before whom I have walked faithfully,(B) will send his angel with you(C) and make your journey a success,(D) so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father’s family.(E) 41 You will be released from my oath if, when you go to my clan, they refuse to give her to you—then you will be released from my oath.’(F)

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