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Genesis 24:31
“He said, "Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.”
Verse in context — Genesis 24
Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.
He said, "Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told my message." He said, "Speak on.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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