Genesis 24
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Genesis 24:23-33

23“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

24She answered him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”

25She also said to him, “We have plenty of straw and feed and a place to spend the night.”

26Then the man knelt low, worshiped the Lord,

27and said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld his kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

28The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

29Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and Laban ran out to the man at the spring.

30As soon as he had seen the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and when he had heard his sister Rebekah’s words — “The man said this to me!” — he went to the man. He was standing there by the camels at the spring.

31Laban said, “Come, you who are blessed by the Lord. Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”

32So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was brought to wash his feet and the feet of the men with him.

33A meal was set before him, but he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I have to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”

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