Genesis 24:33
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And bread was set before him. But he said: I will not eat, till I tell my message. He answered him: Speak.

Job 23:12 I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.

Psalm 132:3-5 If I shall enter into the tabernacle of my house: if I shall go up into the bed wherein I lie: . . .

Proverbs 22:29 Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening.

John 4:14,31-34 But the water that I will give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting. . . .

Ephesians 6:5-8 Servants, be obedient to them that are your lords according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to Christ. . . .

1 Timothy 6:2 But they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but serve them the rather, because they are faithful and beloved, who are partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

Context
Rebekah is Chosen
32And he brought him into his lodging; and he unharnessed the camels, and gave straw and hay, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were come with him. 33And bread was set before him. But he said: I will not eat, till I tell my message. He answered him: Speak.34And he said: I am the servant of Abraham:…
Cross References
Genesis 24:32
And he brought him into his lodging; and he unharnessed the camels, and gave straw and hay, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were come with him.

Genesis 24:34
And he said: I am the servant of Abraham:

Judges 19:21
And he brought him into his house, and gave provender to his asses: and after they had washed their feet, he entertained them with a feast.

Lexicon
Then a meal was set
וַיּוּשַׂ֤ם (way·yū·śam)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3455: To place, in, to be placed

before [the man],
לְפָנָיו֙ (lə·p̄ā·nāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

but he said,
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“I will not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

eat
לֶאֱכֹ֔ל (le·’ĕ·ḵōl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

until
עַ֥ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

I have told you
דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי (dib·bar·tî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

what I came to say.”
דְּבָרָ֑י (də·ḇā·rāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

So Laban said,
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Please speak.”
דַּבֵּֽר׃ (dab·bêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue


Additional Translations
Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on.

And there was set food before him to eat. But he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

And he set before them loaves to eat; but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on.

And there was set [meat] before him to eat; but he said, I will not eat until I have made known my business. And he said, Speak on.

And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

And there was set food before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on.

Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told my message." He said, "Speak on."

and setteth before him to eat; but he saith, 'I do not eat till I have spoken my word;' and he saith, 'Speak.'
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