Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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? Peradventure. Genesis 24:58 And they called her, and when she was come, they asked: Wilt thou go with this man? She said: I will go. Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain. Exodus 9:2 But if thou refuse, and withhold them still: Proverbs 13:16 The prudent man doth all things with counsel: but he that is a fool, layeth open his folly. Jeremiah 4:2 And thou shalt swear: As the Lord liveth, in truth, and in judgment, and in justice: and the Gentiles shall bless him, and shall praise him. Context A Wife for Isaac…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?6And Abraham said: Beware thou never bring my son back again thither.… Cross References Genesis 24:4 But that thou go to my own country and kindred, and take a wife from thence for my son Isaac. Genesis 24:6 And Abraham said: Beware thou never bring my son back again thither. Genesis 24:39 But I answered my master: What if the woman will not come with me? Lexicon The servantהָעֶ֔בֶד (hā·‘e·ḇeḏ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant asked וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say him, אֵלָיו֙ (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to “What if אוּלַי֙ (’ū·lay) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 194: Perhaps the woman הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה (hā·’iš·šāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female is unwilling לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no to follow לָלֶ֥כֶת (lā·le·ḵeṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk me to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to this הַזֹּ֑את (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, land? הָאָ֣רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land Shall I then take your son back הֶֽהָשֵׁ֤ב (he·hā·šêḇ) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the land הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land from מִשָּֽׁם׃ (miš·šām) Preposition-m | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither which אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you came?” יָצָ֥אתָ (yā·ṣā·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim Additional Translations The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”And the servant said to him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I needs bring your son again to the land from from where you came? 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? And the servant said to him, Shall I carry back thy son to the land whence thou camest forth, if haply the woman should not be willing to return with me to this land? And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I, then, bring thy son again in any case to the land from which thou hast removed? 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? And the servant said to him, It may be the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I needs bring thy son again to the land from whence thou camest? The servant said to him, "What if the woman isn't willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?" And the servant saith unto him, 'It may be the woman is not willing to come after me unto this land; do I at all cause thy son to turn back unto the land from whence thou camest out?' 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