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So the man entered the house. Then ^(F1)(C1)Laban unloaded the camels, and he gave straw and feed to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

But when food was set before him to eat, he said, "I will not eat until I have stated my business." And he said, "Speak on."

So he said, "I am ^(C1)Abraham's servant.

"The LORD has greatly ^(C1)blessed my master, so that he has become ^(F1)rich; and He has given him ^(C2)flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and slave women, and camels and donkeys.

"Now ^(C1)my master's wife Sarah bore a son to my master ^(F1)in her old age, and ^(C2)he has given him all that he has.

"^(C1)My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live;

but you shall go to my father's house and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.'

"Then ^(C1)I said to my master, 'Suppose the woman does not follow me.'

"And he said to me, '^(C1)The LORD, before whom I have ^(C2)walked, will send ^(C3)His angel with you to make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father's house;

^(C1)then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.'

"So ^(C1)I came today to the spring, and said, 'LORD, God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I have been going ^(C2)successful;

behold, ^(C1)I am standing by the ^(F1)spring, and may it be that the ^(F2)young unmarried woman who comes out to draw water, and to whom I say, "^(C2)Please let me drink a little water from your jar";

and she says to me, "You drink, and I will draw for your camels also"—let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master's son.'

"Before I had finished ^(C1)speaking in my heart, behold, ^(C2)Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew water, and ^(C3)I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'

"She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, '^(C1)Drink, and I will water your camels also'; so I drank, and she watered the camels also.

"^(C1)Then I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' And she said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him'; and I put the ^(C2)ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her ^(F1)wrists.

"And I ^(C1)bowed low and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, ^(C2)who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

"So now if you are going to ^(F1)(C1)deal kindly and truthfully with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me now, so that I may turn to the right or the left."