Genesis 24:38
ESV
but you shall go to my father 's house and to my clan and take a wife for my son.’
NIV
but go to my father’s family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.’
NASB
but you shall go to my father’s house and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’
CSB
but will go to my father’s family and to my clan to take a wife for my son.’
NLT
Go instead to my father’s house, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son.’
KJV
But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
NKJV
but you shall go to my father’s house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.’
What does Genesis 24:38 mean?
Abraham's servant is describing, in very precise detail, what has brought him to the household of Bethuel and his family. He is on a mission from Abraham to find a wife for Isaac. Isaac must not marry from among the women in Canaan (Genesis 24:3–4). Instead, Abraham sent the servant to the clan of Abraham's people, to his father's house, to find a worthy wife for his son.This is likely the first moment in which Rebekah and her family begin to understand that the servant is here to raise the issue of marriage.
