Then you will be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don’t give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.’
Parallel Translations
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Then you will be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don’t give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.’
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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.
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then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give her not to thee, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Genesis 24:41 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 24:8 If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”
- Deuteronomy 29:12 that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you today,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which by mine authority I caused thee to make.
Which by mine authority I caused thee to make.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 24:41 Then shalt thou be clear from [this]…
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.
Ver. 41. {See Trapp on "Gen 24:8"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Clear from this my oath; Heb. from my curse,…
Clear from this my oath; Heb. from my curse, denounced against thee if thou shouldst violate thine oath. The words oath and curse are ofttimes indifferently used, because they commonly go together, and sometimes they are both expressed, as Num 5:21.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And she made haste, and let down her pitcher…
And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder,.... See Gill on Gen 24:18.
And said, drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. See Gill on Gen 24:19.
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so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. See Gill on Gen 24:20.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Curse, which always attends the person who does not…
Curse, which always attends the person who does not endeavour to comply with a lawful oath. (Haydock) --- The Hebrews commonly added in this sense, May God do these things to me, and still more, if I prove false. (Menochius) --- In this sense, Abraham’s steward gives the meaning of his master, as he had hitherto repeated his very words at full length. This perfectly agrees with the style of the heroic ages; such as we find expressed in the poems of Homer, the most ancient work of any heathen author. The account which he gives of the noble simplicity of those ages, when the ladies went for water, and princes prepared the entertainments for their guests, cannot fail to strike us, when we compare the works of that admired author with the inspired writings. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).