Genesis 24:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

Genesis 24:5 —

Old words in this verse

peradventure: — perhaps, maybe.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 4:2
And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
Proverbs 13:16
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
Genesis 24:58
And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
Exodus 20:7
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Exodus 9:2
For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

Three things we may observe here concerning Abraham:— I. The care he took of a good son, to get him married, well married. It was high time to think of it now, for Isaac was about forty years old, and it had been customary with his ancestors to marry at thirty, or sooner, Gen. 11:14, 18, 22, 24. Abraham believed the promise of the building up of his family, and therefore did not make haste; not mo…