Genesis 24:39

39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

Genesis 24:39 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 24:39

And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not
follow me. (See Gill on Genesis 24:5).

Genesis 24:39 In-Context

37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;

38 but thou shalt go unto my father’s house and to my kindred and take from there a wife for my son.

39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my lineage and of my father’s house;

41 then shalt thou be free from this my oath, when thou hast come unto my lineage; and if they give her not unto thee, thou shalt be free from my oath.