Genesis 24:6-8
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6 Abraham said to him, “See to it that you do not take my son back there. 7 The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my birth and who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘To your offspring I will give this land,’ he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.(A) 8 But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this oath of mine; only you must not take my son back there.”
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Genesis 24:6-8
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6 “Make sure that you do not take my son back there,”(A) Abraham said. 7 “The Lord, the God of heaven,(B) who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land(C) and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring[a](D) I will give this land’(E)—he will send his angel before you(F) so that you can get a wife for my son from there. 8 If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath(G) of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”(H)
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- Genesis 24:7 Or seed
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