Numbers 10:30
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New International Version (©2011)
He answered, "No, I will not go; I am going back to my own land and my own people."

New Living Translation (©2007)
But Hobab replied, "No, I will not go. I must return to my own land and family."

English Standard Version (©2001)
But he said to him, “I will not go. I will depart to my own land and to my kindred.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
But he said to him, "I will not come, but rather will go to my own land and relatives."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But he replied to him, "I don't want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives.""

International Standard Version (©2012)
But he said, "I won't go with you because I'm returning to my land and to my own family."

NET Bible (©2006)
But Hobab said to him, "I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Hobab answered, "No, I won't go. I want to go back to my own country where my relatives are."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred.

American King James Version
And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred.

American Standard Version
And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he answered him: I will not go with thee, but I will return to my country, wherein I was born.

Darby Bible Translation
And he said to him, I will not go; but to mine own land, and to my kindred will I go.

English Revised Version
And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred.

World English Bible
He said to him, "I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives."

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith unto him, 'I do not go; but unto my land and unto my kindred do I go.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

10:29-32 Moses invites his kindred to go to Canaan. Those that are bound for the heavenly Canaan, should ask and encourage their friends to go with them: we shall have none the less of the joys of heaven, for others coming to share with us. It is good having fellowship with those who have fellowship with God. But the things of this world, which are seen, draw strongly from the pursuit of the things of the other world, which are not seen. Moses urges that Hobab might be serviceable to them. Not to show where they must encamp, nor what way they must march, the cloud was to direct that; but to show the conveniences of the place they marched through, and encamped in. It well consists with our trust in God's providence, to use the help of our friends.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said unto him, I will not go,.... Which was a very peremptory answer, he seemed determined, and at a point about it for the present, though it is, probable he afterwards changed his mind, like the young man in the parable, Matthew 21:29,

but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred; which were prevailing motives with him, his native country, his relations, and father's house; to this resolution he came, both because of his substance, and because of his family, as Jarchi.

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Moving from Sinai to Paran
…29And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying to the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come you with us, and we will do you good: for the LORD has spoken good concerning Israel. 30And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred. 31And he said, Leave us not, I pray you; for as much as you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you may be to us instead of eyes. …

Matthew 21:28 "What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work today in the vineyard.'
Matthew 21:29 "'I will not,' he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
Exodus 18:27 Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own country.
Judges 1:16 The descendants of Moses' father-in-law, the Kenite, went up from the City of Palms with the people of Judah to live among the inhabitants of the Desert of Judah in the Negev near Arad.