KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 24:38–39
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Genesis 24:38
38But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
38But thou shalt goe vnto my fathers house, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne.
Genesis 24:39
39And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
39And I said vnto my master, Peraduenture the woman will not followe me.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 24:38
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Relation by birth; consanguinity. Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former. Relation by marriage; affinity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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Genesis 24:39
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
One who has authority, ownership, command, or superior skill; also a teacher or head of a household.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
Peradventure
Perhaps; possibly; by chance or uncertainty.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 38
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Open the full verse study4But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
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Open the full verse study1NOW the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
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Open the full verse study19And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
From verse 39
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Open the full verse study5And 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?
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