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Genesis 24:3

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24:3so that I may make you solemnly promise5 by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire6 a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

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  1. 5 Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose.
  2. 6 Heb “because you must not take.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and I will have you swear by the Lord, God of heaven and God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live,

NLTNew Living Translation

Swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

that I may make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose midst I am dwelling,

KJV 1900King James Version

And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: