Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman will not be willing {to follow} me to this land--must I then return your son to the land from whence you came?"
New American Standard Bible
The servant said to him, “Suppose the woman is not willing to follow me to this land; should I take your son back to the land from where you came?”
King James Version
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?
Holman Bible
The servant said to him, “Suppose the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Should I have your son go back to the land you came from?”
International Standard Version
"What if the woman doesn't want to come back with me to this land?" the servant asked. "Shouldn't I have your son go to the land from which you came?"
A Conservative Version
And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I bring thy son again to the land from where thou came?
American Standard Version
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?
Amplified
The servant said to him, “Suppose the woman will not be willing to follow me back to this country; should I take your son back to the country from which you came?”
Bible in Basic English
And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?
Darby Translation
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?
Julia Smith Translation
And the servant will say to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to come after me to this land: shall I turning back, turn back your son to the land from whence thou camest?
King James 2000
And the servant said unto him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring your son again unto the land from where you came?
Modern King James verseion
And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I necessarily bring your son again to the land from which you came?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said the servant unto him, "What and if the woman will not agree to come with me unto this land, shall I bring thy son again unto the land which thou camest out of?"
NET Bible
The servant asked him, "What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?"
New Heart English Bible
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?"
The Emphasized Bible
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman may not be willing to follow me into this land, - May I take back thy son, into the land from whence thou earnest?
Webster
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?
World English Bible
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?"
Youngs Literal Translation
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?'
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 24:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Isaac And Rebekah
4 but that you will go to my land and to my family, and take a wife for my son, for Isaac." 5 And the servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman will not be willing {to follow} me to this land--must I then return your son to the land from whence you came?" 6 Abraham said to him, "{You must take care} that you do not return my son there.
Cross References
Genesis 24:58
And they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go."
Exodus 9:2
But if you [are] refusing to release and you still [are] keeping hold of them,
Exodus 20:7
"You shall not {misuse the name of Yahweh your God}, because Yahweh will not leave unpunished [anyone] who {misuses his name}.
Proverbs 13:16
Anyone who is clever will act with intelligence, but the fool will display folly.
Jeremiah 4:2
and you swear, '{As Yahweh lives},' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations will be blessed by him, and in him they will boast."