Genesis 24:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 24:5 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵלָיו֙
ʼêl
H413
to
הָעֶ֔בֶד
ʻebed
H5650
servant
אוּלַי֙
ʼûwlay
H194
perhaps
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
תֹאבֶ֣ה
ʼâbâh
H14
to be willing
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
לָלֶ֥כֶת
yâlak
H3212
to walk
אַחֲרַ֖י
ʼachar
H310
after
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הָאָ֣רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
הַזֹּ֑את
zôʼth
H2063
this
הֶֽהָשֵׁ֤ב
shûwb
H7725
to return
אָשִׁיב֙
shûwb
H7725
to return
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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בִּנְךָ֔
bên
H1121
son
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הָאָ֖רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
יָצָ֥אתָ
yâtsâʼ
H3318
to go out
מִשָּֽׁם
shâm
H8033
there
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The servant said to him, "What if the woman isn't willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?"
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King James Version Public Domain
And 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?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then the servant said to him, “Suppose the woman is not willing to come with me to this land? Should I take your son back to the country that you came from?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).