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31 “Come and stay with us, friend;[a] why stand here outside the city when we have a room all ready for you, and a place prepared for the camels!”

32 So the man went home with Laban, and Laban gave him straw to bed down the camels, and feed for them, and water for the camel drivers to wash their feet. 33 Then supper was served. But the old man said, “I don’t want to eat until I have told you why I am here.”

“All right,” Laban said, “tell us your errand.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:31 friend, literally, “blessed of Jehovah.”

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

32 So the man went to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and fodder(B) were brought for the camels, and water for him and his men to wash their feet.(C) 33 Then food was set before him, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I have to say.”

“Then tell us,” Laban said.

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