Genesis 24:56

Catholic Public Domain Version

"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."

Cross References

Genesis 24:40

'The Lord,' he said, 'in whose sight I walk, will send his Angel with you, and he will direct your way. And you shall take a wife for my son from my own kindred and from my father's house.

Genesis 24:54

And a banquet began, and they feasted and drank together, and they lodged there. And rising up in the morning, the servant said, "Release me, so that I may go to my lord."

Genesis 24:57

And they said, "Let us call the girl, and ask her will."

Genesis 30:25

But when Joseph was born, Jacob said to his father-in-law: "Release me, so that I may return to my native country and to my land.

Proverbs 25:25

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so too are good reports from a far away land.

Isaiah 48:15

I am, I have spoken, and I have called him. I have led him forward, and his way has been straight.

Joshua 1:8

The book of this law shall not depart from your mouth. Instead, you shall meditate upon it, day and night, so that you may observe and do all the things that are written in it. Then you shall direct your way and understand it.