Genesis 24:38

38 but will go to my father's household and to my family to take 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, bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.

37 My master put me under this oath: 'You will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I live

38 but will go to my father's household and to my family to take a wife for my son.'

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

40 He said to me, 'The Lord before whom I have walked will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, and you will take a wife for my son from my family and from my father's household.