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The Lord , the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘To your offspring I will give this land,' he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

Let the young woman to whom I shall say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,' and who shall say, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels'—let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master."

When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking."

So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water, and she drew for all his camels.

When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel, and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels,

and said, "Please tell me whose daughter you are. Is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"

and said, "Blessed be the Lord , the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me in the way to the house of my master's kinsmen."

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."

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 dwell,

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

But he said to me, ‘The Lord , before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son from my clan and from my father's house.

and who will say to me, "Drink, and I will draw for your camels also," let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master's son.'

Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord , the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.

And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

And Esau said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!" (Therefore his name was called Edom.)

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.

When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he feared to say, "My wife," thinking, "lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah," because she was attractive in appearance.

And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we."

And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, saying, "For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land."

And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake."