Genesis 24:37-39

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³⁷ My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live; ³⁸ but you shall go to my father’s house, to my kindred, and get a wife for my son.’ ³⁹ I said to my master, ‘Perhaps the woman will not follow me.’