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The servant asked, “But what if I can’t find a young woman who is willing to travel so far from home? Should I then take Isaac there to live among your relatives in the land you came from?”

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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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Then when you swear by my name, saying,
    ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’
you could do so
    with truth, justice, and righteousness.
Then you would be a blessing to the nations of the world,
    and all people would come and praise my name.”

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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 Wise people think before they act;
    fools don’t—and even brag about their foolishness.

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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

“You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.

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

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

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58 So they called Rebekah. “Are you willing to go with this man?” they asked her.

And she replied, “Yes, 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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