Genesis 24:38

38 If not -- unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken 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 and Sarah, my lord's wife, beareth a son to my lord, after she hath been aged, and he giveth to him all that he hath.

37 `And my lord causeth me to swear, saying, Thou dost not take a wife to my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in whose land I am dwelling.

38 If not -- unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son.

39 `And I say unto my lord, It may be the woman doth not come after me;

40 and he saith unto me, Jehovah, before whom I have walked habitually, doth send His messenger with thee, and hath prospered thy way, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from my family, and from the house of my father;