Genesis 24:5
And 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?
And 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?
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- Jeremiah 4:2Rank 1 from verse 5
2And 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.
2*And thou shalt sweare, The LORD liueth, in Trueth, in Iudgement, and in Righteousnes, and the nations shall blesse themselues in him, and in him shall they glorie.
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Genesis 24:5
One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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peradventure
Perhaps, possibly, it may be, or if it should happen.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Disposed, ready, or consenting by choice; desiring or intending to do the stated thing.
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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.
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Of necessity; necessarily.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.
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Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.
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From what or which place, person, source, origin, cause, or condition.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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24:1AND Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
24:1¶ And Abraham was olde and †well stricken in age: And the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
24:2And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
24:2And Abraham said vnto his eldest seruant of his house, that ruled ouer all that he had, *Put, I pray thee, thy hand vnder my thigh:
24:3And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
24:3And I will make thee sweare by the LORD the God of heauen, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites amongst whom I dwell.
24:4But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
24:4But thou shalt go vnto my countrey, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne Isaac.
24:5And 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?
24:5And 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?
Selected passage24:6And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
24:6And Abraham said vnto him, Beware thou, that thou bring not my sonne thither againe.