Genesis 24:25
And she continued, saying, “There is very much straw and hay with us, and a spacious place to stay.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
In Context
24She responded, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, to whom she gave birth for Nahor.”
26The man bowed himself down, and he adored the Lord,
Cross References
Judges 19:19We have straw and hay as fodder for the donkeys, and we have bread and wine for the use of myself, and for your handmaid and the servant who is with me. We lack nothing except lodging.”
1 Peter 4:9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:11-29
Journey of Abraham's Servant. ( b. c. 1857.) 10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. 12 And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.… Read the whole commentary →