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Genesis 24:41

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24:41You will be free from your oath75 if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.’

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  1. 75 Heb “my oath” (twice in this verse). From the Hebrew perspective the oath belonged to the person to whom it was sworn (Abraham), although in contemporary English an oath is typically viewed as belonging to the person who swears it (the servant).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my clan. And if they will not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You will be released from my oath if, when you go to my clan, they refuse to give her to you—then you will be released from my oath.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then you will be free from my oath if you go to my family and they do not give her to you—you will be free from my oath.’

NLTNew Living Translation

Then you will have fulfilled your obligation. But if you go to my relatives and they refuse to let her go with you, you will be free from my oath.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then you shall be released from my oath, when you come to my family. And if they will not give a woman to you, then you will be released from my oath.’

KJV 1900King James Version

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.