Genesis 24:56
He said to them, “Don’t hinder me, since the LORD has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.”
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
57They said, “We will call the young lady, and ask her.”
Cross References
Genesis 45:9Hurry, and go up 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. Don’t wait.
Proverbs 25:25Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news 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 →