Genesis 24:42
40 And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.
41 And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’
So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
43 Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
44 and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
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.
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- BSB
- So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
- KJV
- And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
- WEB
- I came today to the spring, and said, ‘The LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go—
- ASV
- And I came this day unto the fountain, and said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go.
- DARBY
- And I came this day to the well, and said, Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, if now thou wilt prosper my way on which I go,
- BLB
- And I came today to the spring and I said, ‘YHWH, God of my lord Abraham, if now You will prosper the way on which I am going—"
- ÅB
- Så kom jeg da idag til kilden, og jeg sa: Herre, min herre Abrahams Gud! Å, om du ville la denne min reise lykkes!
- OTB
- "Da jeg kom til kilden i dag, ba jeg: 'Herre, min herre Abrahams Gud, hvis du vil, la reisen jeg har kommet på lykkes.
- B1930
- Så kom jeg da idag til kilden, og jeg sa: Herre, min herre Abrahams Gud! Å, om du vilde la denne min reise lykkes!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nehemiah 1:11
O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)
Read in contextGenesis 24:12–14
“O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
Read in contextPsalms 90:17
May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!
Read in contextRomans 1:10
in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
Read in contextPsalms 37:5
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
Read in contextEzra 8:21
And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.
Read in contextActs 10:7–8
When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
Read in contextActs 10:22
“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
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