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Genesis 24:56

But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

55But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”

57So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”

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Cross References

Genesis 45:9Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.

Proverbs 25:25Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

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 →

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