Verse List for GEN 24:5

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OET (OET-RV) “Suppose the woman isn’t willing to come back with me to this place?” the slave asked. “Should I take your son back to the country that you came from?”

OET-LV And_he/it _said to_him/it the_servant perhaps not she _will _be _willing the_woman to_go after_me to the_earth/land (the)_this really_(take _back) will _I _take _back DOM son _of_your to the_earth/land where you _came _out from_there.

ULT Then the servant said to him, “Suppose the woman is not willing to come with me to this land? Should I take your son back to the country that you came from?”

UST But Abraham’s servant asked him, “What should I do if the young woman I find refuses to come back with me to this land to live? Do you want me to take your son back there to your home country to marry her and live there?”

BSB & MSB The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”

OEB The servant said to him, ‘Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?’

WEBBE & WMBB The servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?”

NET The servant asked him, “What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”

LSV And the servant says to him, “It may be the woman is not willing to come after me to this land; do I at all cause your son to return to the land from where you came out?”

FBV “What if the woman refuses to come back with me to this country?” the servant asked. “Should I take your son back to the country you came from?”

T4T The servant asked him, “If I find a woman among your relatives, what if she is not willing to come back with me to this land? Shall I take your son back there to the country you came from, so he can find a wife and live there?”

LEB And the servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing _⌊to follow_⌋[fn] me to this land—must I then return your son to the land from whence you came?”

BBE And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?

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JPS And the servant said unto him: 'Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land; must I needs bring thy son back unto the land from whence thou camest?'

ASV And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

DRA The servant answered: If the woman will not come with me into this land, must I bring thy son back again to the place, from whence thou camest out?

YLT And the servant saith unto him, 'It may be the woman is not willing to come after me unto this land; do I at all cause thy son to turn back unto the land from whence thou camest out?'

Drby And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I, then, bring thy son again in any case to the land from which thou hast removed?

RV And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
(And the servant said unto him, Peradventure/Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy/your son again unto the land from whence/where thou/you camest?)

SLT And the servant will say to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to come after me to this land: shall I turning back, turn back your son to the land from whence thou camest?

Wbstr And the servant said to him, It may be the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I needs bring thy son again to the land from whence thou camest?

KJB-1769 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
(And the servant said unto him, Peradventure/Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy/your son again unto the land from whence/where thou/you camest?)

KJB-1611 And the seruant said vnto him, Peraduenture the woman will not bee willing to follow mee vnto this land: must I needes bring thy sonne againe, vnto the land from whence thou camest?
(And the servant said unto him, Peraduenture the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy/your son again, unto the land from whence/where thou/you camest?)

Bshps But the seruaunt sayd vnto hym: peraduenture the woman wyll not agree to come with me vnto this lande, shall I bryng thy sonne againe vnto the land whiche thou cammest out of?
(But the servant said unto him: peradventure/perhaps the woman will not agree to come with me unto this land, shall I bring thy/your son again unto the land which thou/you cammest out of?)

Gnva And the seruant saide to him, What if the woman will not come with me to this land? shall I bring thy sonne againe vnto the lande from whence thou camest?
(And the servant said to him, What if the woman will not come with me to this land? shall I bring thy/your son again unto the land from whence/where thou/you camest?)

Cvdl The seruaunt sayde: What and the woman wyl not folowe me in to this countre? shal I then cary thy sonne agayne in to yonder londe, where thou camest out of?
(The servant said: What and the woman will not follow me in to this country? shall I then carry thy/your son again in to yonder land, where thou/you camest out of?)

Wycl The seruaunt aunswerde, If the womman nyle come with me in to this lond, whether Y owe lede ayen thi sone to the place, fro which thou yedist out?
(The servant answered, If the woman won’t come with me in to this land, whether I owe lead again thy/your son to the place, from which thou/you yed out?)

Luth Der Knecht sprach: Wie, wenn das Weib mir nicht wollte folgen in dies Land? Soll ich dann deinen Sohn wiederbringen in jenes Land, daraus du gezogen bist?
(The servant/farmhand spoke: How, when the woman to_me not wanted follow/obey in this/these country? Soll I then your(s) son recover in that country, from_it you(sg) pulled are?)

ClVg Respondit servus: Si noluerit mulier venire mecum in terram hanc, numquid reducere debeo filium tuum ad locum, de quo egressus es?
(He_answered servant: When/But_if will_not_want woman to_come with_me in/into/on the_earth/land this, is_it reducere I_must son your(sg) to place, from/about where going_out you_are?)

UHB וַ⁠יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָי⁠ו֙ הָ⁠עֶ֔בֶד אוּלַי֙ לֹא־תֹאבֶ֣ה הָֽ⁠אִשָּׁ֔ה לָ⁠לֶ֥כֶת אַחֲרַ֖⁠י אֶל־הָ⁠אָ֣רֶץ הַ⁠זֹּ֑את הֶֽ⁠הָשֵׁ֤ב אָשִׁיב֙ אֶת־בִּנְ⁠ךָ֔ אֶל־הָ⁠אָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָצָ֥אתָ מִ⁠שָּֽׁם׃ ‡

BrLXX Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ παῖς, μή ποτε οὐ βούληται ἡ γυνὴ πορευθῆναι μετʼ ἐμοῦ ὀπίσω εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην, ἀποστρέψω τὸν υἱόν σου εἰς τὴν γῆν, ὅθεν ἐξῆλθες ἐκεῖθεν;

BrTr And the servant said to him, Shall I carry back thy son to the land whence thou camest forth, [fn]if haply the woman should not be willing to return with me to this land?