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Genesis 24:39

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24:39But I said to my master, ‘What if the woman does not want to go72 with me?’73

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Footnotes

  1. 72 The imperfect is used here in a modal sense to indicate desire.
  2. 73 Heb “after me.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I said to my master, ‘Perhaps the woman will not follow me.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But I said to my master, ‘Suppose the woman will not come back with me?’

NLTNew Living Translation

“But I said to my master, ‘What if I can’t find a young woman who is willing to go back with me?’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I said to my master, ‘Perhaps the woman will not follow me.’

KJV 1900King James Version

And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.