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Genesis 24:31-42 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

31. Laban said, “Come, you who are blessed by the Lord. Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”

32. So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was brought to wash his feet and the feet of the men with him.

33. A meal was set before him, but he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I have to say.”So Laban said, “Please speak.”

34. “I am Abraham’s servant,” he said.

35. “The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female slaves, and camels and donkeys.

36. Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.

37. My master put me under this oath: ‘You will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I live

38. but will go to my father’s household and to my family to take a wife for my son.’

39. But I said to my master, ‘Suppose the woman will not come back with me? ’

40. He said to me, ‘The Lord before whom I have walked will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, and you will take a wife for my son from my family and from my father’s household.

41. Then you will be free from my oath if you go to my family and they do not give her to you — you will be free from my oath.’

42. “Today when I came to the spring, I prayed: Lord, God of my master Abraham, if only You will make my journey successful!

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