Genesis 24:39
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
And I said vnto my master, Peraduenture the woman will not followe me.
Narration uses the Pure Cambridge Edition.
PASSAGE SELECTION
Build from either side
Choose up to 10 verses in this chapter. The study tools update with the selected passage.
SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE
Cross References
1 Essential passage is open for comparison.
From verse 39
- Genesis 24:5Rank 1 from verse 39
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?
5And the seruant said vnto him, Peraduenture the woman will not bee willing to follow mee vnto this land: must I needes bring thy sonne againe, vnto the land from whence thou camest?
WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE
Definitions
Open a word for its full definition and concordance.
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 24:39
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
One possessing authority, ownership, command, supervision, or superior skill: an owner, employer, household head, teacher, leader, ship commander, or lord.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
COMBINED MEANING
peradventure
Perhaps, possibly, it may be, or if it should happen.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
READ BEFORE AND AFTER
Surrounding Verses
Nearby Scripture remains separate from the selected passage until you add it.
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.
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.
Selected passage40And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:
40And hee saide vnto me, The LORD, before whom I walke, will send his Angel with thee, and prosper thy way: and thou shalt take a wife for my sonne, of my kinred, and of my fathers house.