Genesis 24:56
And he says to them, “Do not delay me, seeing YHWH has prospered my way; send me away, and I go to my lord”;
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
57and they say, “Let us call for the young person, and inquire of her mouth”;
Cross References
Genesis 45:9Hurry, and go up to my father, then you have said to him, Thus said your son Joseph: God has set me for lord to all Egypt; come down to me, do not stay,
Proverbs 25:25[As] cold waters for a weary soul, || So [is] a good report from a far country.
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 →