Genesis 24
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Genesis 24:23-33

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

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

25We have plenty of straw and feed,” she added, “and room for you to spend the night.”

26The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord,

27saying “Praised be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love for my master! The Lord has led me to the house of my master’s relatives!”

28The young woman ran and told her mother’s household all about these things.

29(Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring.

30When he saw the bracelets on his sister’s wrists and the nose ring and heard his sister Rebekah say, “This is what the man said to me,” he went out to meet the man. There he was, standing by the camels near the spring.

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

32So Abraham’s servant went to the house and unloaded the camels. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was provided so that he and the men who were with him could wash their feet.

33When food was served, he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I want to say.” “Tell us,” Laban said.

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