Then Abraham said to him, “(A)Beware that you do not take my son back there! (B)The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying, ‘(C)To your [a]descendants I will give this land’—He will send (D)His angel ahead of you, and you will take a wife for my son from there. But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will (E)be free of this oath of mine; (F)only do not take my son back there.”

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  1. Genesis 24:7 Lit seed

“Make sure that you do not take my son back there,”(A) Abraham said. “The Lord, the God of heaven,(B) who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land(C) and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring[a](D) I will give this land’(E)—he will send his angel before you(F) so that you can get a wife for my son from there. If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath(G) of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”(H)

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  1. Genesis 24:7 Or seed

And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

And 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.

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