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27 “Thank you, Lord God of my master Abraham,” he prayed; “thank you for being so kind and true to him, and for leading me straight to the family of my master’s relatives.”

28 The girl ran home to tell her folks,[a] 29-30 and when her brother Laban saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard her story, he rushed out to the spring where the man was still standing beside his camels, and said to him,

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  1. Genesis 24:28 the girl ran home to tell her folks. Doubtless to tell them that a messenger had arrived from her great-uncle.

27 saying, “Praise be to the Lord,(A) the God of my master Abraham,(B) who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness(C) to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey(D) to the house of my master’s relatives.”(E)

28 The young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.(F) 29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban,(G) and he hurried out to the man at the spring.

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