Genesis 24:8
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.
KJV
sin autem mulier noluerit sequi te, non teneberis juramento : filium meum tantum ne reducas illuc.
Vulgate
ἐὰν δὲ μὴ θέλῃ ἡ γυνὴ πορευθῆναι μετὰ σοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην, καθαρὸς ἔσῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὅρκου τούτου· μόνον τὸν υἱόν μου μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς ἐκεῖ. ⸆
LXX
And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son thither again.
ASV
וְ/אִם לֹ֨א תֹאבֶ֤ה הָֽ/אִשָּׁה֙ לָ/לֶ֣כֶת אַחֲרֶ֔י/ךָ וְ/נִקִּ֕יתָ מִ/שְּׁבֻעָתִ֖/י זֹ֑את רַ֣ק אֶת בְּנִ֔/י לֹ֥א תָשֵׁ֖ב שָֽׁמָּ/ה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 9:2 — All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is
- Gen 24:41 — Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
- Josh 2:17 — And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
- Num 30:5 — But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disal
- Num 30:8 — But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and t