Holy Scripture

Genesis 24:6

A church father on this verse
“The patriarch, on the other hand, delivered an adequate direction to his servant and put him under oath. But let us now see the servant's sense of duty in imitating his master's godliness; when he saw the good man directing him with great earnestness, he said to him, "If the woman does not want to accompany me, do you…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON GENESIS 48.10

Source: Septuagint

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6And Abraham said to him, Take heed to thyself that thou carry not my son back thither.

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4But thou shalt go instead to my country, where I was born, and to my tribe, and thou shalt take from thence a wife for my son Isaac.

5And the servant said to him, Shall I carry back thy son to the land whence thou camest forth, if haply the woman should not be willing to return with me to this land?

— Genesis 24:6 —

7The Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, who took me out of my father’s house, and out of the land whence I sprang, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, I will give this land to thee and to thy seed, he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife to my son from thence.

8And if the woman should not be willing to come with thee into this land, thou shalt be clear from my oath, only carry not my son thither again.

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