Genesis 24:41
But thou shalt be clear from my curse, when thou shalt come to my kindred, if they will not give thee one.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Innocens eris a maledictione mea, cum veneris ad propinquos meos, et non dederint tibi.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- τότε ἀθῷος ἔσῃ ἐκ τῆς ⸆ ἀρᾶς μου· ἡνίκα γὰρ ἐὰν ἔλθῃς εἰς τὴν φυλήν μου καὶ μὴ δῶσίν σοι, καὶ ἔσῃ ἀθῷος ἀπὸ τοῦ ⸂⸆⸃ ὁρκισμοῦ μου.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אָ֤ז תִּנָּקֶה֙ מֵאָ֣לָתִ֔י כִּ֥י תָב֖וֹא אֶל מִשְׁפַּחְתִּ֑י וְאִם לֹ֤א יִתְּנוּ֙ לָ֔ךְ וְהָיִ֥יתָ נָקִ֖י מֵאָלָתִֽי
Haydock's commentary
Curse, which always attends the person who does not endeavour to comply with a lawful oath. (Haydock)
The Hebrews commonly added in this sense, May God do these things to me, and still more, if I prove false. (Menochius)
In this sense, Abraham's steward gives the meaning of his master, as he had hitherto repeated his very words at full length. This perfectly agrees with the style of the heroic ages; such as we find expressed in the poems of Homer, the most ancient work of any heathen author. The account which he gives of the noble simplicity of those ages, when the ladies went for water, and princes prepared the entertainments for their guests, cannot fail to strike us, when we compare the works of that admired author with the inspired writings. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.