Good News Bible Anglicised

Genesis 24:33-40 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

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.