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Genesis 24:37-39
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37 My master made me swear an oath. He said, ‘You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living, 38 but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find[a] a wife for my son.’ 39 But I said to my master, ‘What if the woman does not want to go[b] with me?’[c]

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  1. Genesis 24:38 tn Heb “but to the house of my father you must go and to my family and you must take a wife for my son.”
  2. Genesis 24:39 tn The imperfect is used here in a modal sense to indicate desire.
  3. Genesis 24:39 tn Heb “after me.”
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