KJV King James Version
She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 24:25
She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”
WEB World English Bible
She said moreover to him, “We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.”
ASV American Standard Version
She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
She saith also unto him, ‘Both straw and provender are abundant with us, also a place to lodge in.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 24
22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten [shekels] weight of gold;
23 And said, Whose daughter [art] thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room [in] thy father’s house for us to lodge in?
24 And she said unto him, I [am] the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
27 And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I [being] in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
28 And the damsel ran, and told [them of] her mother’s house these things.
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Isaiah 32:8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.1 Peter 4:9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.Genesis 18:4-8Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:Judges 19:19-21Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man [which is] with thy servants: [there is] no want of any thing.
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