Genesis 24:39

39 And I sayde vnto my master. What yf the wyfe will not folowe 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 swere saynge: Thou shalt not take a wyfe to my sonne amonge the doughters of the cananytes in whose lade I dwell.

38 But thou shalt goo vnto my fathers house and to my kynred and there take a wyfe vnto my sonne.

39 And I sayde vnto my master. What yf the wyfe will not folowe me?

40 And he sayde vnto me: The LORde before whome I walke wyll sende his angell with the and prosper thy iourney that thou shalt take a wyfe for my sonne of my kynred and of my fathers house.

41 But and yf (when thou comest vnto my kynred) they will not geue the one tha shalt thou bere no perell of myne oothe.