Genesis 24:42
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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!”
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“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!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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:”
King James Version · Public Domain“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:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And I come to-day unto the fountain, and I say, Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, if Thou art, I pray Thee, making prosperous my way in which I am going--”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 24:42 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 24:12“O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
- Genesis 24:31“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
- Genesis 39:3When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,
- Ezra 8:21And 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.
- Nehemiah 1:11O 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.)
- Psalms 37:5Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
- Psalms 90:17May 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!
- Acts 10:7When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
- Acts 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.”
- Romans 1:10in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
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