Genesis 24:39
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.In other versions
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
ASV
And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come with me?
BBE
And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me?
DBY
I said to my master, 'What if the woman will not follow me?'
WEB
`And I say unto my lord, It may be the woman doth not come after me;
YLT
And I said unto my master, Possibly the woman will not follow me.
ENG
And I said to my master, It may be the woman will not follow me.
WBT
Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’
BSB
In context
37And 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:
38But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
39And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
40And 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 kindred, and of my father's house:
41Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
