Genesis 24:56

Plain English Version

Abraham’s worker said, “Please don’t make me wait any longer. You know that God picked Rebekah to marry Abraham’s son, and he helped me find her. So please let her come with me now, so that we can go back to my boss Abraham.”

Cross References

Genesis 24:40

Then my boss Abraham said, ‘Listen, I trust Yahweh my God, and I always live his way. I know that he will send an angel worker to go with you and help you, so that you will find a wife for my son from my father’s family.

Genesis 24:54

Abraham’s worker and his men ate some food, and then they stayed the night with Rebekah’s family. The next morning, they got up, and Abraham’s worker talked to Rebekah’s family. He said, “Let me take Rebekah and go back to my boss Abraham.”

Genesis 24:57

Then Rebekah’s brother and mother said, “All right, we will get Rebekah and ask her what she wants to do.”

Genesis 30:25

After Rachel had that baby, Jacob talked to his uncle Laban. Jacob said, “Let me go back to my home country.