²⁷ Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and ^(A)he went his way to his own land.

²⁹ Now Moses said to ^(A)Hobab the son of ^(B)Reuel^[a] the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, ^(C)‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and ^(D)we will treat you well; for ^(E)the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”

³⁰ And he said to him, “I will not go, but I will depart to my own land and to my relatives.”

⁹ And when the man stood to depart—he and his concubine and his servant—his father-in-law, the young woman’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is now drawing toward evening; please spend the night. See, the day is coming to an end; lodge here, that your heart may be merry. Tomorrow go your way early, so that you may get ^[a]home.”

⁵⁵ And early in the morning Laban arose, and ^(A)kissed his sons and daughters and ^(B)blessed them. Then Laban departed and ^(C)returned to his place.

⁵⁹ So they sent away Rebekah their sister ^(A)and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant and his men.