Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

General references

Bible References

Peradventure

Genesis 24:58
So they called Rebekah and said, “Will you go with this man?” And she answered, “I will go.”
Exodus 20:7
“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain [that is, irreverently, in false affirmations or in ways that impugn the character of God]; for the Lord will not hold guiltless nor leave unpunished the one who takes His name in vain [disregarding its reverence and its power].
Exodus 9:2
But if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,
Proverbs 13:16

Every prudent and self-disciplined man acts with knowledge,
But a [closed-minded] fool [who refuses to learn] displays his foolishness [for all to see].
Jeremiah 4:2

And if you swear [your oaths], ‘As the Lord lives,’
In truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
Then the nations will bless themselves in Him,
And in Him they will glory.”

General references

Genesis 24:39
Then I said to my master, ‘But suppose the woman will not follow me [back to this land].’
Joshua 2:17
The men said to her, “We shall be blameless and free from this oath which you have made us swear,