Genesis 24:41 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 24:41

And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’

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ASV

then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give her not to thee, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

KJV

Then 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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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָ֤ז	'az	then	H227 →
תִּנָּקֶה֙	ti.na.Keh	you will be free	H5352 →
מֵאָ֣לָתִ֔י	me.'A.la.Ti	from oath my	H423 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
תָב֖וֹא	ta.Vo'	you will go	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מִשְׁפַּחְתִּ֑י	mish.pach.Ti	family my	H4940 →
וְאִם־	ve.'im-	and if	H518 →
לֹ֤א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִתְּנוּ֙	yi.te.Nu	they will give [her]	H5414 →
לָ֔ךְ	Lakh	to <the> you
וְהָיִ֥יתָ	ve.ha.Yi.ta	and you will be	H1961 →
נָקִ֖י	na.Ki	free	H5355 →
מֵאָלָתִֽי׃	me.'a.la.Ti	from oath my	H423 →

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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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 29:12
so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 15:12–15
  Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
- Exodus 19:5–6
  Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Deuteronomy 29:14
  I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,
- Deuteronomy 5:2–3
  The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
Through
Genesis 24:8
And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
leads to
- Joshua 2:17–20
  The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear
- Numbers 30:8
  But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.
- Numbers 30:5
  But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because…
- Joshua 9:20
  This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”

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02Original language & word study

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04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Genesis

Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About Genesis