Genesis 24:54

He and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they rose in the morning, the servant said, “Send me away to my master.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

53Then he brought out gold and silver ornaments and clothing and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother.

55But Rebekah’s brother and mother answered, “Let the young woman stay with us a month or at least ten days; after that she may go.”

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Cross References

Genesis 24:56But he said to them, “Do not delay me, for the Lord has given me success. Send me away that I may go to my master.”

Genesis 28:5So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went to Paddan-aram to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob and Esau’s mother.

Luke 8:38The man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus to let him be with him; but Jesus sent him away.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:30-54

Abraham's Servant Entertained by Laban; Errand of Abraham's Servant. ( b. c. 1857.) 29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. 31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord ; wherefore standest thou without?… Read the whole commentary →

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