The servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman may not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”

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The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land?(A) Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?(B)

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(A)and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’
    in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
then (B)nations shall bless themselves in him,
    (C)and in him shall they glory.”

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and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
    you swear,(A) ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(B)
then the nations will invoke blessings(C) by him
    and in him they will boast.(D)

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16 (A)Every prudent man acts with knowledge,
    (B)but a fool flaunts his folly.

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16 All who are prudent act with[a] knowledge,
    but fools expose(A) their folly.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:16 Or prudent protect themselves through

(A)“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

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“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.(A)

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For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,

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If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back,

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58 And they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” She said, “I will go.”

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58 So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?”

“I will go,”(A) she said.

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