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inconsistent translations Lord or Master?

(21) Ge 24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee , take her, and go , and let her be thy master's (adown) son's wife , as the LORD hath spoken .

..and let her be thy Lord's (adown) son's wife

(22) Ge 24:54 � And they did eat and drink , he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night ; and they rose up in the morning , and he said , Send me away unto my master (adown) .

.. a Send me away unto my Lord (adown) .

(23) Ge 24:56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way ; send me away that I may go to my master (adown) .

.. send me away that I may go to my Lord (adown) .

(24) Ge 24:65 For she had said unto the servant , What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us ? And the servant had said , It is my master (adown) : therefore she took a vail , and covered herself .

.. the servant had said , It is my Lord (adown) : therefore

(25) Ge 31:35 And she said to her father , Let it not displease my lord (adown) that I cannot rise up before thee ; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched , but found not the images .

.. Let it not displease my Lord (adown) that I cannot

Why is the KJV so inconsistent? sometimes master sometimes lord ?

Perhaps the KJV scholars like lost scholars believe languages have words that change meanings regularly because of context?

This is not even so for English words...see studies.

(26) Ge 32:4 And he commanded them, saying , Thus shall ye speak unto my lord (adown) Esau ; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban , and stayed there until now:

..saying , Thus shall ye speak unto my lord (adown) Esau ; Thy

(27) Ge 32:5 And I have oxen , and asses , flocks , and menservants , and womenservants : and I have sent to tell my lord (adown) , that I may find grace in thy sight .

.. and I have sent to tell my lord (adown) , that I may

(28) Ge 32:18 Then thou shalt say , They be thy servant Jacob's ; it is a present sent unto my lord (adown) Esau : and, behold, also he is behind us .

..it is a present sent unto my lord (adown) Esau : and,

(29) Ge 33:8 And he said , What meanest thou by all this drove which I met ? And he said , These are to find grace in the sight of my lord (adown) .

.. in the sight of my lord (adown) .

(30) Ge 33:13 And he said unto him, My lord (adown) knoweth that the children are tender , and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day , all the flock will die .

.. My lord (adown) knoweth ..

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