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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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and if you swear, “As the Lord lives!”
    in truth, in justice, and in uprightness,
then nations shall be blessed[a] by you,[b]
    and by you[c] they shall boast.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 4.2 Or shall bless themselves
  2. 4.2 Cn: Heb him
  3. 4.2 Cn: Heb him

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 The clever do all things intelligently,
    but the fool displays folly.(A)

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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 shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.(A)

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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,(A)

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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.”

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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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