Genesis 24:8 Cross References - LEB

⁸ And if the woman is not willing _⌊to follow_⌋* you, then you shall be released from this oath of mine—only you must not return my son there."

⁴ but that you will go to my land and to my family, and take a wife for my son, for Isaac." ⁵ And the servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman will not be willing _⌊to follow_⌋* me to this land—must I then return your son to the land from whence you came?" ⁶ Abraham said to him, "_⌊You must take care_⌋* that you do not return my son there.

⁵ If her father forbids her on the day he hears of it, all her vows or her pledges that she bound on herself will not stand, and Yahweh will forgive her because her father has forgiven her.

⁸ But if on the day her husband hears of it, he forbids her, then he will nullify her vow that she is under, and the rash promise of her lips that she bound on herself; and Yahweh will forgive her.

¹⁷ The men said to her, "We will be released from this oath of yours that you made us swear. ¹⁸ When we come to the land, you must tie this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and you must gather your father and mother, and your brothers, and your whole family to your house. ¹⁹ If anyone goes outside the doors of your house, _⌊they will be responsible for their own death_⌋,* and we will be innocent. Anyone who will be with you in the house, _⌊we will be responsible for their death_⌋* _⌊if a hand is laid on them_⌋.* ²⁰ But if you report this business of ours, we will be released from your oath that you made us swear."

²⁰ This we will do to them: we will let them live so that wrath will not be on us because of the oath we swore to them."

³² and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

² So he said, "Men—brothers and fathers—listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he* was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,