KJV ORIGINAL
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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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The servant said to him, 'But what if the woman isn't willing to come back with me to this land? Should I take your son back to the country you came from?'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The servant is asking Abraham what to do if the potential bride for Isaac refuses to leave her homeland to marry him.
📚 Historical Context
Abraham had sent his trusted servant to find a wife for Isaac from among Abraham's relatives in Mesopotamia, not from the local Canaanite people. The servant was concerned about the practical challenge of convincing a woman to leave her family and homeland to marry someone she'd never met in a foreign land.
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