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When she had done so, she said, "I'll draw water for your camels too, until they have drunk as much as they want."

She quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.

"Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "Tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"

We have plenty of straw and feed," she added, "and room for you to spend the night."

saying "Praised be the Lord , the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love for my master! The Lord has led me to the house of my master's relatives!"

Laban said to him, "Come, you who are blessed by the Lord ! Why are you standing out here when I have prepared the house and a place for the camels?"

My master made me swear an oath. He said, ‘You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.'

He answered, ‘The Lord , before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you. He will make your journey a success and you will find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father's family.

Then she will reply to me, "Drink, and I'll draw water for your camels too." May that woman be the one whom the Lord has chosen for my master's son.'

Then I bowed down and worshiped the Lord . I praised the Lord , the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right path to find the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son.

Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.

When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.

When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied, "She is my sister." He was afraid to say, "She is my wife," for he thought to himself, "The men of this place will kill me to get Rebekah because she is very beautiful."

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Leave us and go elsewhere, for you have become much more powerful than we are."

Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug back in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham died. Isaac gave these wells the same names his father had given them.

Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac named it Rehoboth, saying, "For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land."

The Lord appeared to him that night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham."