'Master' in the Bible
If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”
So the servant placed his hand under his master Abraham’s thigh and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
“Lord, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
Let the girl to whom I say, ‘Please lower your water jug so that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels also’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
and said, “Praise the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
“The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female slaves, and camels and donkeys.
Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.
My master put me under this oath: ‘You will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I live
But I said to my master, ‘Suppose the woman will not come back with me?’
“Today when I came to the spring, I prayed: Lord, God of my master Abraham, if only You will make my journey successful!
Then I bowed down, worshiped the Lord, and praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who guided me on the right way to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
Now, if you are going to show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; if not, tell me, and I will go elsewhere.”
Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night.When they got up in the morning, he said, “Send me to my master.”
But he responded to them, “Do not delay me, since the Lord has made my journey a success. Send me away so that I may go to my master.”
and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?”The servant answered, “It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself.
May peoples serve youand nations bow down to you.Be master over your brothers;may your mother’s sons bow down to you.Those who curse you will be cursed,and those who bless you will be blessed.
But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him a master over you, have given him all of his relatives as his servants, and have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then can I do for you, my son?”
The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he did successful,
But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has put all that he owns under my authority.
When his master heard the story his wife told him—“These are the things your slave did to me”—he was furious
After this, the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
Isn’t this the cup that my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wrong!’”