Genesis 24:54-56

24:54 After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. ¹ 

When they got up in the morning, he said, “Let me leave now so I can return to my master.” ²  24:55 But Rebekah’s ³  brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go.” 24:56 But he said to them, “Don’t detain me – the Lord ⁴  has granted me success on my journey. Let me leave now so I may return ⁵  to my master.”

[24:54]  ¹ tn Heb “And they ate and drank, he and the men who [were] with him and they spent the night.”

[24:54]  ² tn Heb “Send me away to my master.”

[24:55]  ³ tn Heb “her”; the referent (Rebekah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:56]  ⁵ tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial, indicating a reason for the preceding request.

[24:56]  ⁶ tn After the preceding imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.