Genesis 24:56 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵⁶ And he said to them, “Do not delay me, since יהוה has prospered my way. Let me go so that I 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."

Genesis 24:56 Cross References

Genesis 24:40

“But he said to me, ‘יהוה, before whom I walk, sends His messenger with you and shall prosper your way. And you shall take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father’s house.

Genesis 24:54

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

Genesis 24:57

And they said, “Let us call the young woman and ask her.”

Genesis 30:25

And it came to be, when Raḥĕl had borne Yosĕph, that Ya‛aqoḇ said to Laḇan, “Send me on my way, to go to my own place and to my land.

Proverbs 25:25

Like cold water to a parched throat, Is good news from a distant land.

Isaiah 48:15

“I, I have spoken, I have also called him, I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

Joshua 1:8

“Do not let this Book of the Torah depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you guard to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and act wisely.