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And Abraham[H85] was old[H2204], and well stricken[H935] in age[H3117]: and the LORD[H3068] had blessed[H1288]Abraham[H85] in all things.
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And Abraham[H85]said[H559] unto his eldest[H2205]servant[H5650] of his house[H1004], that ruled over[H4910] all that he had, Put[H7760], I pray thee, thy hand[H3027] under my thigh[H3409]:
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And I will make thee swear[H7650] by the LORD[H3068], the God[H430] of heaven[H8064], and the God[H430] of the earth[H776], that thou shalt not take[H3947] a wife[H802] unto my son[H1121] of the daughters[H1323] of the Canaanites[H3669], among[H7130] whom I dwell[H3427]:
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But thou shalt go[H3212] unto my country[H776], and to my kindred[H4138], and take[H3947] a wife[H802] unto my son[H1121]Isaac[H3327].
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And the servant[H5650]said[H559] unto him, Peradventure the woman[H802] will not be willing[H14] to follow[H3212]me[H310] unto this land[H776]: must I needs bring[H7725] thy son[H1121]again[H7725] unto the land[H776] from whence thou camest?[H3318]
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And Abraham[H85]said[H559] unto him, Beware[H8104] thou that thou bring[H7725]not[H6435] my son[H1121] thither again[H7725].
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The LORD[H3068]God[H430] of heaven[H8064], which took me[H3947] from my father's house[H1004], and from the land[H776] of my kindred[H4138], and which spake[H1696] unto me[H3947], and that sware[H7650] unto me[H3947], saying[H559], Unto thy seed[H2233] will I give[H5414] this land[H776]; he shall send[H7971] his angel[H4397] before thee[H6440], and thou shalt take[H3947] a wife[H802] unto my son[H1121] from thence.
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And if the woman[H802] will not be willing[H14] to follow[H3212]thee[H310], then thou shalt be clear[H5352] from this my oath[H7621]: only bring[H7725] not my son[H1121] thither again[H7725].
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And the servant[H5650]put[H7760] his hand[H3027] under the thigh[H3409] of Abraham[H85] his master[H113], and sware[H7650] to him concerning[H5921]that[H2088]matter[H1697].
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And the servant[H5650]took[H3947]ten[H6235]camels[H1581] of the camels[H1581] of his master[H113], and departed[H3212]; for all the goods[H2898] of his master[H113] were in his hand[H3027]: and he arose[H6965], and went[H3212] to Mesopotamia[H763], unto the city[H5892] of Nahor[H5152].
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And he made[H1288] his camels[H1581] to kneel down[H1288]without[H2351] the city[H5892]by[H413] a well[H875] of water[H4325] at the time[H6256] of the evening[H6153], even the time[H6256] that women go out[H3318] to draw[H7579]water[H4325].
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And he said[H559], O LORD[H3068]God[H430] of my master[H113]Abraham[H85], I pray thee, send me[H6440] good speed[H7136] this day[H3117], and shew[H6213]kindness[H2617]unto[H5973] my master[H113]Abraham[H85].
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Behold, I stand[H5324] here by the well[H5869] of water[H4325]; and the daughters[H1323] of the men[H582] of the city[H5892] come out[H3318] to draw[H7579]water[H4325]:
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And let it come to pass, that the damsel[H5291] to whom I shall say[H559], Let down[H5186] thy pitcher[H3537], I pray thee, that I may drink[H8354]; and she shall say[H559], Drink[H8354], and I will give[H8248] thy camels[H1581]drink[H8248] also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed[H3198] for thy servant[H5650]Isaac[H3327]; and thereby shall I know[H3045] that thou hast shewed[H6213]kindness[H2617] unto my master[H113].
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And it came to pass, before he had done[H3615]speaking[H1696], that, behold, Rebekah[H7259] came out[H3318], who[H834] was born[H3205] to Bethuel[H1328], son[H1121] of Milcah[H4435], the wife[H802] of Nahor[H5152], Abraham's brother[H251], with her pitcher[H3537] upon her shoulder[H7926].
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And the damsel[H5291] was very[H3966]fair[H2896] to look upon[H4758], a virgin[H1330], neither had any man[H376]known[H3045] her: and she went down[H3381] to the well[H5869], and filled[H4390] her pitcher[H3537], and came up[H5927].
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And the servant[H5650]ran[H7323] to meet her[H7125], and said[H559], Let me, I pray thee, drink[H1572] a little[H4592]water[H4325] of thy pitcher[H3537].
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And she said[H559], Drink[H8354], my lord[H113]: and she hasted[H4116], and let down[H3381] her pitcher[H3537] upon her hand[H3027], and gave him drink[H8248].
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And when she had done[H3615] giving him drink[H8248], she said[H559], I will draw[H7579] water for thy camels[H1581] also, until they have done[H3615]drinking[H8354].
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And she hasted[H4116], and emptied[H6168] her pitcher[H3537] into the trough[H8268], and ran[H7323] again unto the well[H875] to draw[H7579] water, and drew[H7579] for all his camels[H1581].
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And the man[H376]wondering[H7583] at her held his peace[H2790], to wit[H3045] whether the LORD[H3068] had made[H6743] his journey[H1870]prosperous[H6743]or[H518] not.
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And it came to pass, as the camels[H1581] had done[H3615]drinking[H8354], that the man[H376]took[H3947] a golden[H2091]earring[H5141] of half a shekel[H1235]weight[H4948], and two[H8147]bracelets[H6781] for her hands[H3027] of ten[H6235] shekels weight[H4948] of gold[H2091];
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And said[H559], Whose[H4310]daughter[H1323] art thou?[H859]tell[H5046] me, I pray thee: is there[H3426]room[H4725]in[H3885] thy father's house[H1004] for us to lodge in?[H3885]
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And she said[H559] unto him, I am the daughter[H1323] of Bethuel[H1328] the son[H1121] of Milcah[H4435], which she bare[H3205] unto Nahor[H5152].
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She said[H559] moreover unto him, We have both[H1571]straw[H8401]and[H1571]provender[H4554]enough[H7227], and[H1571]room[H4725] to lodge in[H3885].
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And the man[H376] bowed down his head[H6915], and worshipped[H7812] the LORD[H3068].
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And he said[H559], Blessed[H1288] be the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of my master[H113]Abraham[H85], who hath not left destitute[H5800] my master[H113] of his mercy[H2617] and his truth[H571]: I being in the way[H1870], the LORD[H3068] led me[H5148] to the house[H1004] of my master[H113]'s brethren[H251].
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And the damsel[H5291]ran[H7323], and told[H5046] them of her mother's house[H1004] these things[H1697].
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And Rebekah[H7259] had a brother[H251], and his name[H8034] was Laban[H3837]: and Laban[H3837]ran[H7323]out[H2351] unto the man[H376], unto the well[H5869].
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And it came[H935] to pass, when he saw[H7200] the earring[H5141] and bracelets[H6781] upon his sister[H269]'s hands[H3027], and when he heard[H8085] the words[H1697] of Rebekah[H7259] his sister[H269], saying[H559], Thus[H3541]spake[H1696] the man[H376] unto me; that he came[H935] unto the man[H376]; and, behold, he stood[H5975]by[H5921] the camels[H1581] at the well[H5869].
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And he said[H559], Come in[H935], thou blessed[H1288] of the LORD[H3068]; wherefore standest[H5975] thou without?[H2351] for I have prepared[H6437] the house[H1004], and room[H4725] for the camels[H1581].
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And the man[H376]came[H935] into the house[H1004]: and he ungirded[H6605] his camels[H1581], and gave[H5414]straw[H8401] and provender[H4554] for the camels[H1581], and water[H4325] to wash[H7364] his feet[H7272], and the men's feet[H7272] that were with him.
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And there was set[H7760] meat before him[H6440] to eat[H398]: but he said[H559], I will not eat[H398], until I have told[H1696] mine errand[H1697]. And he said[H559], Speak on[H1696].
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And he said[H559], I am Abraham's servant[H5650].
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And the LORD[H3068] hath blessed[H1288] my master[H113]greatly[H3966]; and he is become great[H1431]: and he hath given[H5414] him flocks[H6629], and herds[H1241], and silver[H3701], and gold[H2091], and menservants[H5650], and maidservants[H8198], and camels[H1581], and asses[H2543].
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And Sarah[H8283] my master[H113]'s wife[H802]bare[H3205] a son[H1121] to my master[H113]when[H310] she was old[H2209]: and unto him hath he given[H5414] all that he hath.
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And my master[H113] made me swear[H7650], saying[H559], Thou shalt not take[H3947] a wife[H802] to my son[H1121] of the daughters[H1323] of the Canaanites[H3669], in whose land[H776] I dwell[H3427]:
38But[H518] thou shalt go[H3212] unto my father's house[H1004], and to my kindred[H4940], and take[H3947] a wife[H802] unto my son[H1121].
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And I said[H559] unto my master[H113], Peradventure the woman[H802] will not follow[H3212] me.
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And he said[H559] unto me, The LORD[H3068], before[H6440] whom I walk[H1980], will send[H7971] his angel[H4397] with thee, and prosper[H6743] thy way[H1870]; and thou shalt take[H3947] a wife[H802] for my son[H1121] of my kindred[H4940], and of my father's house[H1004]:
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Then shalt thou be clear[H5352] from this my oath[H423], when thou comest[H935] to my kindred[H4940]; and if they give[H5414] not thee one, thou shalt be clear[H5355] from my oath[H423].
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And I came[H935] this day[H3117] unto the well[H5869], and said[H559], O LORD[H3068]God[H430] of my master[H113]Abraham[H85], if now thou do[H3426]prosper[H6743] my way[H1870] which I go[H1980]:
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Behold, I stand[H5324] by the well[H5869] of water[H4325]; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin[H5959] cometh forth[H3318] to draw[H7579]water[H4325], and I say[H559] to her, Give me[H8248], I pray thee, a little[H4592]water[H4325] of thy pitcher[H3537] to drink[H8248];
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And she say[H559] to me, Both drink[H8354] thou, and I will also draw[H7579] for thy camels[H1581]: let the same be the woman[H802] whom the LORD[H3068] hath appointed out[H3198] for my master's son[H1121].
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And before I had done[H3615]speaking[H1696] in mine heart[H3820], behold, Rebekah[H7259] came forth[H3318] with her pitcher[H3537] on her shoulder[H7926]; and she went down[H3381] unto the well[H5869], and drew[H7579] water: and I said[H559] unto her, Let me drink[H8248], I pray thee.
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And she made[H8248]haste[H4116], and let down[H3381] her pitcher[H3537] from her shoulder, and said[H559], Drink[H8354], and I will give[H8248] thy camels[H1581]drink[H8248] also: so I drank[H8354], and she made[H8248] the camels[H1581]drink[H8248] also.
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And I asked[H7592] her, and said[H559], Whose daughter[H1323] art thou? And she said[H559], The daughter[H1323] of Bethuel[H1328], Nahor's son[H1121], whom Milcah[H4435]bare[H3205] unto him: and I put[H7760] the earring[H5141] upon her face[H639], and the bracelets[H6781] upon her hands[H3027].
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And I bowed down my head[H6915], and worshipped[H7812] the LORD[H3068], and blessed[H1288] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of my master[H113]Abraham[H85], which had led me[H5148] in the right[H571]way[H1870] to take[H3947] my master[H113]'s brother's daughter[H1323] unto his son[H1121].
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And now if ye will[H3426]deal[H6213]kindly[H2617] and truly[H571] with my master[H113], tell[H5046] me: and if not, tell[H5046] me; that I may turn[H6437] to the right hand[H3225], or[H176] to the left[H8040].
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Then Laban[H3837] and Bethuel[H1328]answered[H6030] and said[H559], The thing[H1697]proceedeth[H3318] from the LORD[H3068]: we cannot[H3201]speak[H1696] unto thee bad[H7451]or[H176]good[H2896].
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Behold, Rebekah[H7259] is before thee[H6440], take[H3947] her, and go[H3212], and let her be thy master's son's wife[H802], as the LORD[H3068] hath spoken[H1696].
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And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant[H5650]heard[H8085] their words[H1697], he worshipped[H7812] the LORD[H3068], bowing himself to the earth[H776].
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And the servant[H5650] brought forth[H3318]jewels[H3627] of silver[H3701], and jewels[H3627] of gold[H2091], and raiment[H899], and gave[H5414] them to Rebekah[H7259]: he gave[H5414] also to her brother[H251] and to her mother[H517] precious things[H4030].
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And they did eat[H398] and drink[H8354], he and the men[H582] that were with him, and tarried all night[H3885]; and they rose up[H6965] in the morning[H1242], and he said[H559], Send me away[H7971] unto my master[H113].
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And her brother[H251] and her mother[H517]said[H559], Let the damsel[H5291]abide[H3427] with us a few days[H3117], at the least[H176]ten[H6218]; after[H310] that she shall go[H3212].
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And he said[H559] unto them, Hinder me[H309] not, seeing the LORD[H3068] hath prospered[H6743] my way[H1870]; send me[H309]away[H7971] that I may go[H3212] to my master[H113].
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And they said[H559], We will call[H7121] the damsel[H5291], and enquire[H7592] at her mouth[H6310].
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And they called[H7121]Rebekah[H7259], and said[H559] unto her, Wilt thou go[H3212] with this man?[H376] And she said[H559], I will go[H3212].
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And they sent away[H7971]Rebekah[H7259] their sister[H269], and her nurse[H3243], and Abraham's servant[H5650], and his men[H582].
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And they blessed[H1288]Rebekah[H7259], and said[H559] unto her, Thou[H859] art our sister[H269], be thou[H1961] the mother of thousands[H505] of millions[H7233], and let thy seed[H2233]possess[H3423] the gate[H8179] of those which hate[H8130] them.
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And Rebekah[H7259]arose[H6965], and her damsels[H5291], and they rode[H7392] upon the camels[H1581], and followed[H3212] the man[H376]: and the servant[H5650]took[H3947]Rebekah[H7259], and went his way[H3212].
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And Isaac[H3327]came[H935] from the way[H935] of the well Lahairoi[H883]; for he dwelt[H3427] in the south[H5045]country[H776].
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And Isaac[H3327] went out[H3318] to meditate[H7742] in the field[H7704]at[H6437] the eventide[H6153]: and he lifted up[H5375] his eyes[H5869], and saw[H7200], and, behold, the camels[H1581] were coming[H935].
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And Rebekah[H7259] lifted up[H5375] her eyes[H5869], and when she saw[H7200]Isaac[H3327], she lighted[H5307]off[H5921] the camel[H1581].
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For she had said[H559] unto the servant[H5650], What[H4310]man[H376] is this[H1976] that walketh[H1980] in the field[H7704] to meet us?[H7125] And the servant[H5650] had said[H559], It is my master[H113]: therefore she took[H3947] a vail[H6809], and covered herself[H3680].
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And the servant[H5650]told[H5608]Isaac[H3327] all things[H1697] that he had done[H6213].
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And Isaac[H3327] brought her[H935] into his mother[H517] Sarah's tent[H168], and took[H3947]Rebekah[H7259], and she became his wife[H802]; and he loved[H157]her[H935]: and Isaac[H3327] was comforted[H5162]after[H310] his mother[H517]'s death.