33. When food was served, he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I want to say.” “Tell us,” Laban said.
34. “I am the servant of Abraham,” he began.
35. “The Lord has richly blessed my master and he has become very wealthy. The Lord has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
36. My master’s wife Sarah bore a son to him when she was old, and my master has given him everything he owns.
37. My master made me swear an oath. He said, ‘You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,
38. but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’
39. But I said to my master, ‘What if the woman does not want to go with me?’
40. He answered, ‘The Lord, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you. He will make your journey a success and you will find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father’s family.
41. You will be free from your oath if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.’
42. When I came to the spring today, I prayed, ‘O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you have decided to make my journey successful, may events unfold as follows: