The Meaning of Genesis 24:38 Explained

Genesis 24:38

KJV: But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

YLT: If not -- unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son.

Darby: but thou shalt by all means go to my father's house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.

ASV: But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But  thou shalt go  unto my father's  house,  and to my kindred,  and take  a wife  unto my son. 

What does Genesis 24:38 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 24:28-49 - Abraham's Servant Fulfills His Mission
This worthy man was almost garrulous about his master. Count the number of times in which he contrives to introduce those two words, "my master." He put the errand on which he had come before his necessary food, and poured out his story in a stream of crystal utterance, which was the highest eloquence. This identification of his thought and speech with his master's interests is full of teaching for us all. He could talk of nothing else, was only anxious not to fail for Abraham's sake; and took the favorable reply as kindness shown to him whom he represented. George Herbert caught the same spirit when he spoke of "the aromatic fragrance" of "My Master" when applied to Jesus. We, too, are called to be ambassadors, as though God did beseech men by us. If we are in the way of God's will, be sure that the Lord will not only lead, but lead "in the right way," and will create for us a sympathetic reception whither we go. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 24

1  Abraham swears his servant
10  The servant's journey
12  His prayer
14  His sign
15  Rebekah meets him;
18  fulfils his sign;
22  receives jewels;
23  shows her kindred;
25  and invites him home
26  The servant blesses God
29  Laban entertains him
34  The servant shows his message
50  Laban and Bethuel approve it
58  Rebekah consents to go, and departs
62  Isaac meets and marries her

What do the individual words in Genesis 24:38 mean?

But rather to the house of my father you shall go and to my family and take a wife for my son
אִם־ לֹ֧א אֶל־ בֵּית־ אָבִ֛י תֵּלֵ֖ךְ וְאֶל־ מִשְׁפַּחְתִּ֑י וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ אִשָּׁ֖ה לִבְנִֽי

לֹ֧א  rather 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
בֵּית־  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אָבִ֛י  of  my  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
תֵּלֵ֖ךְ  you  shall  go 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
וְאֶל־  and  to 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
מִשְׁפַּחְתִּ֑י  my  family 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥  and  take 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
אִשָּׁ֖ה  a  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
לִבְנִֽי  for  my  son 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.

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