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Genesis 24:5

And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

KJV

Respondit servus : Si noluerit mulier venire mecum in terram hanc, numquid reducere debeo filium tuum ad locum, de quo egressus es ?

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ παῖς Μή ποτε οὐ βούλεται ἡ γυνὴ πορευθῆναι μετ’ ἐμοῦ ὀπίσω εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην· ἀποστρέψω τὸν υἱόν σου ⸂⸆⸃ εἰς τὴν γῆν ὅθεν ἐξῆλθες ἐκεῖθεν

LXX

And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָי/ו֙ הָ/עֶ֔בֶד אוּלַי֙ לֹא תֹאבֶ֣ה הָֽ/אִשָּׁ֔ה לָ/לֶ֥כֶת אַחֲרַ֖/י אֶל הָ/אָ֣רֶץ הַ/זֹּ֑את הֶֽ/הָשֵׁ֤ב אָשִׁיב֙ אֶת בִּנְ/ךָ֔ אֶל הָ/אָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר יָצָ֥אתָ מִ/שָּֽׁם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָבָ֖ה
'bh
verb · 54×
אוּלַ֛י
'vly
adverb · 45×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 24:39 — And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
  • Jer 4:2 — And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.