BIBLE VERSES 2

Genesis 24:23

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

Genesis 24:24

She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”

Genesis 24:25

Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”

Genesis 24:26

Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,

Genesis 24:27

saying, “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.”

Genesis 24:28

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

Genesis 24:29

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

Genesis 24:30

As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.

Genesis 24:31

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

Genesis 24:32

So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.

Genesis 24:33

Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”

Genesis 24:34

“I am Abraham’s servant,” he replied.

Genesis 24:35

“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.

Genesis 24:36

My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.

Genesis 24:37

My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,

Genesis 24:38

but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’

Genesis 24:39

Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’

Genesis 24:40

And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.

Genesis 24:41

And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’

Genesis 24:42

So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!