Genesis 24:6 “Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.”

Genesis 24:6

Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

World English Bible

Abraham said to him, “Beware that you don’t bring my son there again.

American Standard Version

And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

Geneva Bible 1599

To whom Abraham answered, Beware that thou bring not my sonne thither againe.

Darby Translation

And Abraham said to him, Beware that thou bring not my son thither again.

Young's Literal Translation

And Abraham saith unto him, 'Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause my son to turn back thither;

Bible in Basic English

And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.

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Cross references

“And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.”

Galatians 5:1 Hebrews 10:39 2 Peter 2:20–22 Hebrews 11:9 Hebrews 11:13–16

Galatians 5:1 · BSB

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

Hebrews 10:39 · BSB

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

2 Peter 2:20–22 · BSB

If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

Hebrews 11:9 · BSB

By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

Hebrews 11:13–16 · BSB

All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”

7The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.

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