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Genesis 24:8
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Genesis 24:8
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.
8And if the woman wil not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt bee cleare from this my othe: onely bring not my sonne thither againe.
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Genesis 24:8
Disposing of by will; Determining; resolving; desiring.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Innocent or free from guilt; manifest or plain; as a verb, to acquit.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
To that place or in that direction.
Meaning drawn from: Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study17And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
18Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.
19And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
20And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
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Open the full verse study5But 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.
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Open the full verse study8But 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.
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Open the full verse study2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
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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.
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?
6And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
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Open the full verse study32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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Open the full verse study20This 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.
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