31. Laban said, “Sir, you are welcome to come in! You don’t have to stand outside here. I have prepared a room for you to sleep in and a place for your camels.”
32. So Abraham’s servant went into the house. Laban unloaded his camels and gave them straw and feed. Then he gave Abraham’s servant water so that he and the men with him could wash their feet.
33. Laban then gave him food to eat, but the servant refused to eat. He said, “I will not eat until I have told you why I came.” So Laban said, “Then tell us.”
34. The servant said, “I am Abraham’s servant.
35. The Lord has greatly blessed my master in everything. My master has become a great man. The Lord has given him many flocks of sheep and herds of cattle. He has much silver and gold and many servants. He has many camels and donkeys.
36. Sarah was my master’s wife. When she was very old, she gave birth to a son, and my master has given everything he owns to that son.
37. My master forced me to make a promise to him. He said to me, ‘You must not allow my son to marry a girl from Canaan. We live among these people, but I don’t want him to marry one of the Canaanite girls.