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Genesis 24:39

And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
Genesis 24:39 · King James Version

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.

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