Genesis:23-24
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And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old :
these were the years of the life of Sarah .
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And Sarah died in Kirjatharba ;
the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan :
and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah ,
and to weep for her .
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And Abraham stood up from before his dead ,
and spake unto the sons of Heth ,
saying ,
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I am a stranger and a sojourner with you :
give me a possession of a buryingplace with you ,
that I may bury my dead out of my sight .
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And the children of Heth answered Abraham ,
saying unto him ,
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Hear us ,
my lord :
thou art a mighty prince among us :
in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead ;
none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre ,
but that thou mayest bury thy dead .
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And Abraham stood up ,
and bowed himself to the people of the land ,
even to the children of Heth .
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And he communed with them ,
saying ,
If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight ;
hear me ,
and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar ,
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That he may give me the cave of Machpelah ,
which he hath ,
which is in the end of his field ;
for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you .
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And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth :
and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth ,
even of all that went in at the gate of his city ,
saying ,
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Nay ,
my lord ,
hear me :
the field give I thee ,
and the cave that is therein ,
I give it thee ;
in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee :
bury thy dead .
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And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land .
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And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land ,
saying ,
But if thou wilt give it ,
I pray thee ,
hear me :
I will give thee money for the field ;
take it of me ,
and I will bury my dead there .
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And Ephron answered Abraham ,
saying unto him ,
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My lord ,
hearken unto me :
the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver ;
what is that betwixt me and thee ?
bury therefore thy dead .
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And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron ;
and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver ,
which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth ,
four hundred shekels of silver ,
current money with the merchant .
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And the field of Ephron ,
which was in Machpelah ,
which was before Mamre ,
the field ,
and the cave which was therein ,
and all the trees that were in the field ,
that were in all the borders round about ,
were made sure
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Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth ,
before all that went in at the gate of his city .
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And after this ,
Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre :
the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan .
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And the field ,
and the cave that is therein ,
were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth .
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And Abraham was old ,
and well stricken in age :
and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things .
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And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house ,
that ruled over all that he had ,
Put ,
I pray thee ,
thy hand under my thigh :
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And I will make thee swear by the LORD ,
the God of heaven ,
and the God of the earth ,
that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites ,
among whom I dwell :
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But thou shalt go unto my country ,
and to my kindred ,
and take a wife unto my son Isaac .
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And the servant said unto him ,
Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land :
must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest ?
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And Abraham said unto him ,
Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again .
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The LORD God of heaven ,
which took me from my father '
s house ,
and from the land of my kindred ,
and which spake unto me ,
and that sware unto me ,
saying ,
Unto thy seed will I give this land ;
he shall send his angel before thee ,
and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence .
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And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee ,
then thou shalt be clear from this my oath :
only bring not my son thither again .
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And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master ,
and sware to him concerning that matter .
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And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master ,
and departed ;
for all the goods of his master were in his hand :
and he arose ,
and went to Mesopotamia ,
unto the city of Nahor .
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And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening ,
even the time that women go out to draw water .
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And he said ,
O LORD God of my master Abraham ,
I pray thee ,
send me good speed this day ,
and shew kindness unto my master Abraham .
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Behold ,
I stand here by the well of water ;
and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water :
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And let it come to pass ,
that the damsel to whom I shall say ,
Let down thy pitcher ,
I pray thee ,
that I may drink ;
and she shall say ,
Drink ,
and I will give thy camels drink also :
let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac ;
and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master .
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And it came to pass ,
before he had done speaking ,
that ,
behold ,
Rebekah came out ,
who was born to Bethuel ,
son of Milcah ,
the wife of Nahor ,
Abraham '
s brother ,
with her pitcher upon her shoulder .
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And the damsel was very fair to look upon ,
a virgin ,
neither had any man known her :
and she went down to the well ,
and filled her pitcher ,
and came up .
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And the servant ran to meet her ,
and said ,
Let me ,
I pray thee ,
drink a little water of thy pitcher .
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And she said ,
Drink ,
my lord :
and she hasted ,
and let down her pitcher upon her hand ,
and gave him drink .
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And when she had done giving him drink ,
she said ,
I will draw water for thy camels also ,
until they have done drinking .
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And she hasted ,
and emptied her pitcher into the trough ,
and ran again unto the well to draw water ,
and drew for all his camels .
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And the man wondering at her held his peace ,
to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not .
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And it came to pass ,
as the camels had done drinking ,
that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight ,
and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold ;
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And said ,
Whose daughter art thou ?
tell me ,
I pray thee :
is there room in thy father '
s house for us to lodge in ?
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And she said unto him ,
I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah ,
which she bare unto Nahor .
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She said moreover unto him ,
We have both straw and provender enough ,
and room to lodge in .
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And the man bowed down his head ,
and worshipped the LORD .
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And he said ,
Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham ,
who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth :
I being in the way ,
the LORD led me to the house of my master '
s brethren .
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And the damsel ran ,
and told them of her mother '
s house these things .
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And Rebekah had a brother ,
and his name was Laban :
and Laban ran out unto the man ,
unto the well .
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And it came to pass ,
when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister '
s hands ,
and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister ,
saying ,
Thus spake the man unto me ;
that he came unto the man ;
and ,
behold ,
he stood by the camels at the well .
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And he said ,
Come in ,
thou blessed of the LORD ;
wherefore standest thou without ?
for I have prepared the house ,
and room for the camels .
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And the man came into the house :
and he ungirded his camels ,
and gave straw and provender for the camels ,
and water to wash his feet ,
and the men '
s feet that were with him .
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And there was set meat before him to eat :
but he said ,
I will not eat ,
until I have told mine errand .
And he said ,
Speak on .
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And he said ,
I am Abraham '
s servant .
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And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly ;
and he is become great :
and he hath given him flocks ,
and herds ,
and silver ,
and gold ,
and menservants ,
and maidservants ,
and camels ,
and asses .
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And Sarah my master '
s wife bare a son to my master when she was old :
and unto him hath he given all that he hath .
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And my master made me swear ,
saying ,
Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites ,
in whose land I dwell :
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But thou shalt go unto my father '
s house ,
and to my kindred ,
and take a wife unto my son .
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And I said unto my master ,
Peradventure the woman will not follow me .
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And he said unto me ,
The LORD ,
before whom I walk ,
will send his angel with thee ,
and prosper thy way ;
and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred ,
and of my father '
s house :
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Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath ,
when thou comest to my kindred ;
and if they give not thee one ,
thou shalt be clear from my oath .
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And I came this day unto the well ,
and said ,
O LORD God of my master Abraham ,
if now thou do prosper my way which I go :
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Behold ,
I stand by the well of water ;
and it shall come to pass ,
that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water ,
and I say to her ,
Give me ,
I pray thee ,
a little water of thy pitcher to drink ;
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And she say to me ,
Both drink thou ,
and I will also draw for thy camels :
let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master '
s son .
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And before I had done speaking in mine heart ,
behold ,
Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder ;
and she went down unto the well ,
and drew water :
and I said unto her ,
Let me drink ,
I pray thee .
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And she made haste ,
and let down her pitcher from her shoulder ,
and said ,
Drink ,
and I will give thy camels drink also :
so I drank ,
and she made the camels drink also .
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And I asked her ,
and said ,
Whose daughter art thou ?
And she said ,
The daughter of Bethuel ,
Nahor '
s son ,
whom Milcah bare unto him :
and I put the earring upon her face ,
and the bracelets upon her hands .
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And I bowed down my head ,
and worshipped the LORD ,
and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham ,
which had led me in the right way to take my master '
s brother '
s daughter unto his son .
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And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master ,
tell me :
and if not ,
tell me ;
that I may turn to the right hand ,
or to the left .
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Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said ,
The thing proceedeth from the LORD :
we cannot speak unto thee bad or good .
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Behold ,
Rebekah is before thee ,
take her ,
and go ,
and let her be thy master '
s son '
s wife ,
as the LORD hath spoken .
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And it came to pass ,
that ,
when Abraham '
s servant heard their words ,
he worshipped the LORD ,
bowing himself to the earth .
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And the servant brought forth jewels of silver ,
and jewels of gold ,
and raiment ,
and gave them to Rebekah :
he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things .
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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 .
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And her brother and her mother said ,
Let the damsel abide with us a few days ,
at the least ten ;
after that she shall go .
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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 .
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And they said ,
We will call the damsel ,
and enquire at her mouth .
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And they called Rebekah ,
and said unto her ,
Wilt thou go with this man ?
And she said ,
I will go .
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And they sent away Rebekah their sister ,
and her nurse ,
and Abraham '
s servant ,
and his men .
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And they blessed Rebekah ,
and said unto her ,
Thou art our sister ,
be thou the mother of thousands of millions ,
and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them .
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And Rebekah arose ,
and her damsels ,
and they rode upon the camels ,
and followed the man :
and the servant took Rebekah ,
and went his way .
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And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi ;
for he dwelt in the south country .
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And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide :
and he lifted up his eyes ,
and saw ,
and ,
behold ,
the camels were coming .
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And Rebekah lifted up her eyes ,
and when she saw Isaac ,
she lighted off the camel .
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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 :
therefore she took a vail ,
and covered herself .
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And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done .
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And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah '
s tent ,
and took Rebekah ,
and she became his wife ;
and he loved her :
and Isaac was comforted after his mother '
s death .
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Then again Abraham took a wife ,
and her name was Keturah .
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