Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 24:33
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Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”
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And there was set [meat] before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
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Food was set before him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told my message.” Laban said, “Speak on.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
And there was set food before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
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Genesis 24
31 “Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “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 brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
33 Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”
34 “I am Abraham’s servant,” he replied.
35 “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
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