Then they ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and spent the night. When they arose in the morning, he said, “Send me off to my master.”
But he said to them, “Don’t delay me, since Adonai has made my way successful. Send me off so that I can go to my master.”
So they sent Rebekah their sister off with her nanny, and Abraham’s servant and his men,
Now it was after Rachel gave birth to Joseph that Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away so that I can go to my place and to my land.
Then he sent his brothers off, and as they departed, he said to them, “Don’t be anxious on the way.”
Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Let me now run and bring the king news that Adonai has vindicated him against the hand of his enemies.”
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings. He will not stand before obscure people.
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.