Genesis 24:39

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

41 then art thou acquitted from my oath, when thou comest unto my family, and if they give not [one] to thee; then thou hast been acquitted from my oath.