Genesis 24:54
Context24:54 After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. 1
When they got up in the morning, he said, “Let me leave now so I can return to my master.” 2
Genesis 24:56
Context24:56 But he said to them, “Don’t detain me – the Lord 3 has granted me success on my journey. Let me leave now so I may return 4 to my master.”
1 tn Heb “And they ate and drank, he and the men who [were] with him and they spent the night.”
2 tn Heb “Send me away to my master.”
3 tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial, indicating a reason for the preceding request.
4 tn After the preceding imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.