Genesis 24
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Genesis 24:23-33

23and saidH559, Whose daughterH1323 art thou? tellH5046 me, I pray thee. Is there room [in] thy father's houseH1004 for us to lodge?

24And she saidH559 to him, I am the daughterH1323 of BethuelH1328 the sonH1121 of MilcahH4435, whom she boreH3205 to NahorH5152.

25And she saidH559 to him, There is strawH8401, and alsoH1571 muchH7227 provender with us; alsoH1571 roomH4725 to lodge.

26And the manH376 stooped, and bowedH7812 downH7812 before Jehovah,

27and saidH559, BlessedH1288 be Jehovah, 1GodH430 of my masterH113 AbrahamH85, who has not withdrawn his loving-kindness and his faithfulnessH571 from my masterH113; I being in the wayH1870, Jehovah has ledH5148 me to the houseH1004 of my master's brethren.

28And the maiden ranH7323 and toldH5046 these thingsH1697 to her mother's houseH1004.

29And Rebecca had a brotherH251, namedH8034 LabanH3837; and LabanH3837 ranH7323 out to the manH376, to the well.

30And it cameH935 to pass when he sawH7200 the ringH5141 and the braceletsH6781 on his sister's handH3027, and when he heardH8085 the wordsH1697 of Rebecca his sisterH269, sayingH559, ThusH3541 spokeH1696 the manH376 to me — that he cameH935 to the manH376, and behold, he wasH1961 standingH5975 by the camelsH1581, by the well.

31And he saidH559, ComeH935 in, blessedH1288 of Jehovah! whyH4100 standest thou outside? for I have prepared the houseH1004, and room for the camelsH1581.

32And the manH376 cameH935 into the houseH1004; and he ungirded the camelsH1581, and gaveH5414 the camelsH1581 strawH8401 and provender, and waterH4325 to washH7364 his feetH7272, and the feetH7272 of the menH376 who were with him.

33And there was set [meat] before him to eatH398; but he saidH559, I will not eatH398 until I have made known my business. And he saidH559, SpeakH1696 on.

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  1. 1. Genesis 24:27 24.27 Elohim ↩

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