39 Then I said unto my master, What if the woman will not follow me?

40 Who answered me, The Lord, before who I walk, will send his Angel with thee, and prosper thy journey, and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred and my father’s house.

41 Then shalt thou be discharged of [a]mine oath, when thou comest to my kindred: and if they give thee not one, thou shalt be free from mine oath.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:41 Which by mine authority I caused thee to make.

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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