Genesis 24:31-41 Modern English Version (MEV)

31. And he said, “Come in, blessed of the Lord. Why do you stand outside? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”

32. So the man came to the house. Then he unloaded his camels and gave straw and provision to the camels and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

33. He then set food before him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told about my errand.”And he said, “Speak on.”

34. So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant.

35. The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become wealthy. He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

36. Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she was old, and he has given to him all that he has.

37. My master made me swear, saying, ‘You must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live.

38. But you shall go to my father’s house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’

39. “So I said to my master, ‘Perhaps the woman will not follow me.’

40. “Then he said to me, ‘The Lord, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way, and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father’s house.

41. You will be free from my oath, when you come to my family, if they will not give her to you; then you will be released from my oath.’

Genesis 24