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Genesis 24:37

And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

KJV

Et adjuravit me dominus meus, dicens : Non accipies uxorem filio meo de filiabus Chananæorum, in quorum terra habito :

Vulgate

καὶ ὥρκισέν με ὁ κύριός μου λέγων Οὐ λήμψῃ γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τῶν Χαναναίων, ἐν οἷς ἐγὼ παροικῶ ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν·

LXX

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:

ASV

וַ/יַּשְׁבִּעֵ֥/נִי אֲדֹנִ֖/י לֵ/אמֹ֑ר לֹא תִקַּ֤ח אִשָּׁה֙ לִ/בְנִ֔/י מִ/בְּנוֹת֙ הַֽ/כְּנַעֲנִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּ/אַרְצֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
י
y
noun · 328×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כְּנַעֲנִי֙
kn'ny
noun · 72×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
nshb'
verb · 182×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezra 9:1 — Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to
  • Gen 24:2 — And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
  • Gen 27:46 — And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall
  • Gen 28:1 — And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
  • Num 12:1 — And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.