Genesis 24:56 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵⁶ But he said to them, “Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way; let me go that I may go to my master.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵⁶ And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁶ But [the servant] said to them, Do not hinder and delay me, seeing that the Lord has caused me to go prosperously on my way. Send me away, that I may go to my master.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵⁶ And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

Common English Bible

⁵⁶ But he said to them, “Don’t delay me. The LORD has made my trip successful. See me off so that I can go to my master.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵⁶ "Do not be willing," he said, "to delay me, for the Lord has directed my way. Release me, so that I may journey to my lord."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵⁶ Stay me not, said he, because the Lord hath prospered my way: send me away, that I may go to my master.

Genesis 24:56 Cross References

Genesis 24:40

But he said to me, ‘The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father's house;

Genesis 24:54

And he and the men who were with him ate and drank, and they spent the night there. When they arose in the morning, he said, “Send me back to my master.”

Genesis 24:57

They said, “We will call the maiden, and ask her.”

Genesis 30:25

When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own home and country.

Proverbs 25:25

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Isaiah 48:15

I, even I, have spoken and called him, I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.

Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.