Genesis 24:23
21 Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.
22 And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
24 She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
25 Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
- KJV
- And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?
- WEB
- and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father’s house for us to stay?”
- ASV
- and said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father`s house for us to lodge in?
- DARBY
- and said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room [in] thy father's house for us to lodge?
- BLB
- And he said, “Whose daughter [are] you? Tell me, please. Is there a place in the house of your father for us to lodge?”
- ÅB
- Og han sa: Hvem er du datter til? Kjære, si meg det! Er det rom nok i din fars hus, sa vi kan overnatte der.
- OTB
- Så spurte han: "Hvem er du datter av? Vennligst fortell meg, er det plass i din fars hus for oss å overnatte?"
- B1930
- Og han sa: Hvem er du datter til? Kjære, si mig det! Er det rum nok i din fars hus, sa vi kan overnatte der.