Parallel Bible results for "Genesis 24:1-6"

Genesis 24:1-6

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure.

2 And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:

3 And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

4 But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.

5 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?

6 And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.

New International Version NIV

1 Abraham was now very old, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.

2 He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh.

3 I want you to swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

4 but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.”

5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?”

6 “Make sure that you do not take my son back there,” Abraham said.