Genesis 24:56
“Please don't delay me,” he told them. “The Lord has made my journey successful, so let me leave and go back to my master.”
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57“Let's call Rebekah and find out what she wants to do,” they suggested.
Cross References
Genesis 45:9Now hurry! Go back to my father and tell him, ‘This message comes from your son Joseph: God has made me the ruler of the whole of Egypt. Come to me now; don't wait.
Proverbs 25:25Good news from a distant country is like cold water to an exhausted traveler.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:55-62
Rebekah's Departure. ( b. c. 1857.) 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master. 55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. 56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. 57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth. 58… Read the whole commentary →