Genesis 24:38 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
If not -- unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son.
English ASV
But thou shalt go unto my fathers house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.
English Amplified
But you shall go to my father's house and to my family and take a wife for my son.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
But you shall go to my father's house and to my family and take a wife for my son.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
but will go to my father’s family and to my clan to take a wife for my son.’
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
but thou shalt by all means go to my father's house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.
English EASY 2024
Instead, go to the land where my father lived and find a wife for my son from among my family there.”
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
So you must promise to go to my father's country. Go to my family and choose a wife for my son.'
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
but you shall go to my father's house and to my clan and take a wife for my son.'
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Instead, go to my father's people, to my relatives, and choose a wife for him.’
English God's Word - GW 1995
Instead, I was to come to his relatives here in this far-off land, to his father's home. I was told to bring back a young woman from here to marry his son.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
but will go to my father's household and to my family to take a wife for my son.'
English KJV 1611
But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
English LSB
but you shall go to my father’s house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.’
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
But you shall go to my father’s house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
but you shall go to my father's house and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.'
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
instead, you shall go to my father's house, to my own relatives, to get a wife for my son.'
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Instead, go to my father's family and to my own relatives. Get a wife for my son there.'
English NIV
but go to my father's family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.'
English NKJ 1982
but you shall go to my father’s house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.’
English NLT
Instead, I was to come to his relatives here in this far-off land, to his father's home. I was told to bring back a young woman from here to marry his son.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
but you shall go to my father's house, to my kindred, and get a wife for my son.'
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Instead, go to my relatives in my native land and find a wife among them for my son.’
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
but you shall go to my father's house and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.’
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
but to come to his relatives here in this far-off land, to his brother's family, and to bring back a girl from here to marry his son.
English Tyndale 1537
But thou shalt go unto my father's house and to my kindred, and there take a wife unto my son.