Genesis 24:4
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But that thou go to my own country and kindred, and take a wife from thence for my son Isaac.

to my kindred.

Genesis 11:25 And Nachor lived after he begot Thare, a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

*etc:

Genesis 12:1,7 And the Lord said to Abram: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and out of thy father's house, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. . . .

Genesis 22:20-23 After these things, it was told Abraham, that Melcha also had borne children to Nachor his brother. . . .

Genesis 28:2 But go, and take a journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bathuel, thy mother's father, and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of Laban, thy uncle.

Context
A Wife for Isaac
3That I may make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that thou take not a wife for my son, of the daughters of the Chanaanites, among whom I dwell: 4But that thou go to my own country and kindred, and take a wife from thence for my son Isaac.5The servant answered: If the woman will not come with me into this land, must I bring thy son back again to the place from whence thou camest out?…
Cross References
Hebrews 11:15
And truly, if they had been mindful of that from whence they came out, they had doubtless, time to return.

Genesis 12:1
And the Lord said to Abram: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and out of thy father's house, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

Genesis 24:5
The servant answered: If the woman will not come with me into this land, must I bring thy son back again to the place from whence thou camest out?

Genesis 28:1
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, saying: Take not a wife of the stock of Chanaan:

Judges 14:3
And his father and mother said to him: Is there no woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou wilt take a wife of the Philistines, who are uncircumcised? And Samson said to his father: Take this woman for me; for she hath pleased my eyes.

Lexicon
but
כִּ֧י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

will go
תֵּלֵ֑ךְ (tê·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

my country
אַרְצִ֛י (’ar·ṣî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

and
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

my kindred
מוֹלַדְתִּ֖י (mō·w·laḏ·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4138: Nativity, lineage, native country, offspring, family

to take
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ (wə·lā·qaḥ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

a wife
אִשָּׁ֖ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

for my son
לִבְנִ֥י (liḇ·nî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

Isaac.”
לְיִצְחָֽק׃ (lə·yiṣ·ḥāq)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3327: Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah


Additional Translations
but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”But you shall go to my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife to my son Isaac.

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

But thou shalt go instead to my country, where I was born, and to my tribe, and thou shalt take from thence a wife for my son Isaac.

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

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

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

But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

but unto my land and unto my kindred dost thou go, and hast taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.'
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