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Genesis 24:4

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

KJV

sed ad terram et cognationem meam proficiscaris et inde accipias uxorem filio meo Isaac.

Vulgate

ἀλλὰ εἰς τὴν γῆν μου οὗ ἐγενόμην πορεύσῃ ⸆ καὶ εἰς τὴν φυλήν μου, καὶ λήμψῃ γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου Ἰσαὰκ ἐκεῖθεν,

LXX

but thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.

ASV

כִּ֧י אֶל אַרְצִ֛/י וְ/אֶל מוֹלַדְתִּ֖/י תֵּלֵ֑ךְ וְ/לָקַחְתָּ֥ אִשָּׁ֖ה לִ/בְנִ֥/י לְ/יִצְחָֽק

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Isaac

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
י
y
noun · 22×
יִצְחָ֖ק
ytschq
proper_noun · 108×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 26:5 — And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and
  • Gen 24:38 — But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
  • Gen 28:2 — Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.