Good News Bible Anglicised

Genesis 24:32-41 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

32. So the man went into the house, and Laban unloaded the camels and gave them straw and fodder. Then he brought water for Abraham's servant and his men to wash their feet.

33. When food was brought, the man said, “I will not eat until I have said what I have to say.”Laban said, “Go on and speak.”

34. “I am the servant of Abraham,” he began.

35. “The Lord has greatly blessed my master and made him a rich man. He has given him flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, silver, gold, male and female slaves, camels, and donkeys.

36. Sarah, my master's wife, bore him a son when she was old, and my master has given everything he owns to him.

37. My master made me promise with a vow to obey his command. He said, ‘Do not choose a wife for my son from the young women in the land of Canaan.

38. Instead, go to my father's people, to my relatives, and choose a wife for him.’

39. And I asked my master, ‘What if she will not come with me?’

40. He answered, ‘The Lord, whom I have always obeyed, will send his angel with you and give you success. You will get for my son a wife from my own people, from my father's family.

41. There is only one way for you to be free from your vow: if you go to my relatives and they refuse you, then you will be free.’