Genesis 24:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

Genesis 24:8 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 2:17-20
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. …
Numbers 30:8
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
Numbers 30:5
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
John 8:32
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Joshua 9:20
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

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…