Genesis:24:1-35
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Now Abraham was old ,
well advanced in age ;
and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things .
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So Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house ,
who ruled over all that he had , "
Please ,
put your hand under my thigh ,
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and I will make you swear by the LORD ,
the God of heaven and the God of the earth ,
that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites ,
among whom I dwell ;
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but you shall go to my country and to my family ,
and take a wife for my son Isaac ."
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And the servant said to him , "
Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land .
Must I take your son back to the land from which you came ?"
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But Abraham said to him , "
Beware that you do not take my son back there .
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The LORD God of heaven ,
who took me from my father '
s house and from the land of my family ,
and who spoke to me and swore to me ,
saying , "
To your descendants I give this land ,'
He will send His angel before you ,
and you shall take a wife for my son from there .
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And if the woman is not willing to follow you ,
then you will be released from this oath ;
only do not take my son back there ."
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So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master ,
and swore to him concerning this matter .
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Then the servant took ten of his master '
s camels and departed ,
for all his master '
s goods were in his hand .
And he arose and went to Mesopotamia ,
to the city of Nahor .
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And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time ,
the time when women go out to draw water .
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Then he said , "
O LORD God of my master Abraham ,
please give me success this day ,
and show kindness to my master Abraham .
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Behold ,
here I stand by the well of water ,
and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water .
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Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say , "
Please let down your pitcher that I may drink ,'
and she says , "
Drink ,
and I will also give your camels a drink '--
let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac .
And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master ."
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And it happened ,
before he had finished speaking ,
that behold ,
Rebekah ,
who was born to Bethuel ,
son of Milcah ,
the wife of Nahor ,
Abraham '
s brother ,
came out with her pitcher on her shoulder .
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Now the young woman was very beautiful to behold ,
a virgin ;
no man had known her .
And she went down to the well ,
filled her pitcher ,
and came up .
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And the servant ran to meet her and said , "
Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher ."
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So she said , "
Drink ,
my lord ."
Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her hand ,
and gave him a drink .
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And when she had finished giving him a drink ,
she said , "
I will draw water for your camels also ,
until they have finished drinking ."
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Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough ,
ran back to the well to draw water ,
and drew for all his camels .
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And the man ,
wondering at her ,
remained silent so as to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not .
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So it was ,
when the camels had finished drinking ,
that the man took a golden nose ring weighing half a shekel ,
and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels of gold ,
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and said , "
Whose daughter are you ?
Tell me ,
please ,
is there room in your father '
s house for us to lodge ?"
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So she said to him , "
I am the daughter of Bethuel ,
Milcah '
s son ,
whom she bore to Nahor ."
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Moreover she said to him , "
We have both straw and feed enough ,
and room to lodge ."
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Then the man bowed down his head and worshiped the LORD .
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And he said , "
Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham ,
who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master .
As for me ,
being on the way ,
the LORD led me to the house of my master '
s brethren ."
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So the young woman ran and told her mother '
s household these things .
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Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban ,
and Laban ran out to the man by the well .
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So it came to pass ,
when he saw the nose ring ,
and the bracelets on his sister '
s wrists ,
and when he heard the words of his sister Rebekah ,
saying , "
Thus the man spoke to me ,"
that he went to the man .
And there he stood by the camels at the well .
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And he said , "
Come in ,
O blessed of the LORD !
Why do you stand outside ?
For I have prepared the house ,
and a place for the camels ."
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Then the man came to the house .
And he unloaded the camels ,
and provided straw and feed for the camels ,
and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him .
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Food was set before him to eat ,
but he said , "
I will not eat until I have told about my errand ."
And he said , "
Speak on ."
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So he said , "
I am Abraham '
s servant .
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The LORD has blessed my master greatly ,
and he has become great ;
and He has given him flocks and herds ,
silver and gold ,
male and female servants ,
and camels and donkeys .
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