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Genesis 24:22-34 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

22. Then, after the camels drank, the man took out gold earrings, weighing two shekels, and the same number of bracelets, ten shekels in weight.

23. And he said to her: "Whose daughter are you? Tell me, is there any place in your father's house to lodge?"

24. She responded, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, to whom she gave birth for Nahor."

25. And she continued, saying, "There is very much straw and hay with us, and a spacious place to stay."

26. The man bowed himself down, and he adored the Lord,

27. saying, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of my lord Abraham, who has not taken away his mercy and truth from my lord, and who has led me on a direct journey to the house of the brother of my lord."

28. And so the girl ran, and she reported all that she had heard in the house of her mother.

29. Now Rebekah had a brother, named Laban, who went out quickly to the man, where the spring was.

30. And when he had seen the earrings and bracelets in his sister's hands, and he had heard all the words being repeated, "This is what the man spoke to me," he came to the man who stood by the camels and near the spring of water,

31. and he said to him: "Enter, O blessed of the Lord. Why do you stand outside? I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels."

32. And he brought him into his guest quarters. And he unharnessed the camels, and he distributed straw and hay, and water to wash his feet and that of the men who arrived with him.

33. And bread was set out in his sight. But he said, "I will not eat, until I have spoken my words." He answered him, "Speak."

34. Then he said: "I am the servant of Abraham.

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