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Then you will have fulfilled your obligation. But if you go to my relatives and they refuse to let her go with you, you will be free from my oath.â
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Then you will be free from your oath to me. You will also be free of your oath to me if my relatives are not willing to do this when you go to them.'
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Genesis 24:41 In-Context
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âThen I asked my master, âWhat if the woman will not come back with me?â
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âHe replied, âThe LORD, before whom I have walked faithfully, will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my fatherâs family.
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You will be released from my oath if, when you go to my clan, they refuse to give her to youâthen you will be released from my oath.â
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âWhen I came to the spring today, I said, âLORD, God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which I have come.
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See, I am standing beside this spring. If a young woman comes out to draw water and I say to her, âPlease let me drink a little water from your jar,â