Genesis 24:38

38 Instead, you must go to my father's people and to my family. There you must get a wife for my son.'

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 Sarah, my master's wife, gave birth to a son when she was old, and my master has given everything he owns to that son.

37 My master had me make a promise to him and said, 'Don't get a wife for my son from the Canaanite girls who live around here.

38 Instead, you must go to my father's people and to my family. There you must get a wife for my son.'

39 I said to my master, 'What if the woman will not come back with me?'

40 But he said, 'I serve the Lord, who will send his angel with you and will help you. You will get a wife for my son from my family and my father's people.