Genesis 24:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”

Young's Literal Translation
and if the woman be not willing to come after thee, then thou hast been acquitted from this mine oath: only my son thou dost not cause to turn back thither.’

King James Bible
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

Hebrew
And if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

the woman
הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ (hā·’iš·šāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

is unwilling
לֹ֨א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

to follow
לָלֶ֣כֶת (lā·le·ḵeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

you,
אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ (’a·ḥă·re·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

then you are released
וְנִקִּ֕יתָ (wə·niq·qî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5352: To be, clean, to be bare, extirpated

from this
זֹ֑את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

oath of mine.
מִשְּׁבֻעָתִ֖י (miš·šə·ḇu·‘ā·ṯî)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7621: Something sworn, an oath

Only
רַ֣ק (raq)
Adverb
Strong's 7535: But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless

do not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

take
תָשֵׁ֖ב (ṯā·šêḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

my son
בְּנִ֔י (bə·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1121: A son

back there.”
שָֽׁמָּה׃ (šām·māh)
Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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