Genesis 24:39
Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’
BSB
ASV
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
KJV
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
But when he has the desired success, he worships God, not the angel. Whatever benefit we have by the ministration of angels, all the glory must be given to the Lord of the angels, Rev. xxii.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Genesis 24:5The 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?”
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and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”
They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.
Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
