The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord,

Take your brother too, and go right away to the man.

(Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring.

So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Do you want to go with this man?” She replied, “I want to go.”

The man became wealthy. His influence continued to grow until he became very prominent.

In this way Jacob became extremely prosperous. He owned large flocks, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys.

When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.

So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

When he saw the bracelets on his sister’s wrists and the nose ring and heard his sister Rebekah say, “This is what the man said to me,” he went out to meet the man. There he was, standing by the camels near the spring.

After the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels and gave them to her.

So Abraham’s servant went to the house and unloaded the camels. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was provided so that he and the men who were with him could wash their feet.

Then Rebekah and her female servants mounted the camels and rode away with the man. So Abraham’s servant took Rebekah and left.

and asked Abraham’s servant, “Who is that man walking in the field toward us?” “That is my master,” the servant replied. So she took her veil and covered herself.

The man said, “They left this area, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

But if you will not send him, we won’t go down there because the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’”

May the sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”

The servant in charge brought the men into Joseph’s house. He gave them water, and they washed their feet. Then he gave food to their donkeys.