New Revised Standard Version
Then food was set before him to eat; but he said, “I will not eat until I have told my errand.” He said, “Speak on.”

Contemporary English Version
After that, they brought in food. But the servant said, "Before I eat, I must tell you why I have come." "Go ahead and tell us," Laban answered.

New American Bible
But when food was set before him, he said, “I will not eat until I have told my story.” “Go ahead,” they replied.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And bread was set before him. But he said: I will not eat, till I tell my message. He answered him: Speak.

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.