Then he and his men had something to eat and drink and then spent the night there. Early the next morning, they got up and said, “Now we must go back to my master.”
But the servant said to them, “Do not make me wait. The Lord has made my trip successful. Now let me go back to my master.”
So they allowed Rebekah to go with Abraham’s servant and his men. Rebekah’s nurse also went with them.
After the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Now let me go to my own home.
Then Joseph told his brothers to go. And while they were leaving, Joseph said to them, “Go straight home. And don’t fight on the way.”
Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said {to Joab}, “Let me now run and bring the news to King David. I’ll tell him the Lord has destroyed the enemy for him.”
If a person is skilled in his work, then he is good enough to serve kings. He will not have to work for people who are not important.
Don’t say,\par “Life was better in the ‘good old days.’\par What happened?”\par Wisdom doesn’t lead us\par to ask that question.\par