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When I came to the well today, I silently prayed, "You, Lord , are the God my master Abraham worships, so please lead me to a wife for his son

She quickly lowered the jar from her shoulder and said, "Have a drink. Then I'll get water for your camels." So I drank, and after that she got some water for my camels.

So they agreed to let Rebekah and an old family servant woman leave immediately with Abraham's servant and his men.

One evening he was walking out in the fields, when suddenly he saw a group of people approaching on camels. So he started toward them. Rebekah saw him coming; she got down from her camel, and asked, "Who is that man?" "He is my master Isaac," the servant answered. Then Rebekah covered her face with her veil.

Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac asked the Lord to let her have a child, and the Lord answered his prayer.

the first baby was covered with red hair, so he was named Esau.

The second baby grabbed on to his brother's heel, so they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

Esau would take the meat of wild animals to his father Isaac, and so Isaac loved him more, but Jacob was his mother's favorite son.

Once during Abraham's lifetime, the fields had not produced enough grain, and now the same thing happened. So Isaac went to King Abimelech of the Philistines in the land of Gerar,

with his beautiful wife Rebekah. He was afraid that someone might kill him to get her, and so he told everyone that Rebekah was his sister.

and Isaac was so successful that he became very rich.

But the shepherds of Gerar Valley quarreled with Isaac's shepherds and claimed the water belonged to them. So the well was named "Quarrel," because they had quarreled with Isaac.

Isaac's servants dug another well, and the shepherds also quarreled about it. So that well was named "Jealous."

They answered, "We now know for certain that the Lord is with you, and we have decided there needs to be a peace treaty between you and us. So let's make a solemn agreement

So Isaac named the well Shibah, and the town is still called Beersheba.

So take your bow and arrows, then go out in the fields, and kill a wild animal.

Cook some of that tasty food that I love so much and bring it to me. I want to eat it once more and give you my blessing before I die."

Go and kill two of your best young goats and bring them to me. I'll cook the tasty food that your father loves so much.

Then you can take it to him, so he can eat it and give you his blessing before he dies."

So Jacob brought the meat to his mother, and she cooked the tasty food that his father liked.