Genesis 24:38

38 No, go to my father's home, back to my family, and get a wife for my son there.'

Genesis 24:38 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 24:38

But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred,
and take a wife unto my son. (See Gill on Genesis 24:4).

Genesis 24:38 In-Context

36 And then to top it off, Sarah, my master's wife, gave him a son in her old age and he has passed everything on to his son.
37 My master made me promise, 'Don't get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I live.
38 No, go to my father's home, back to my family, and get a wife for my son there.'
39 I said to my master, 'But what if the woman won't come with me?'
40 He said, 'God before whom I've walked faithfully will send his angel with you and he'll make things work out so that you'll bring back a wife for my son from my family, from the house of my father.
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