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And Rebecca rose up and her maidens, and they mounted the camels and went with the man; and the servant having taken up Rebecca, departed.

even the field and the cave which Abraam bought of the sons of Chet; there they buried Abraam and Sarrha his wife.

And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerara, and they found there a well of living water.

And the shepherds of Gerara strove with the shepherds of Isaac, saying that the water was theirs; and they called the name of the well, Injury, for they injured him.

And having departed thence he dug another well, and they strove also for that; and he named the name of it, Enmity.

And he departed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive about that; and he named the name of it, Room, saying, Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon the earth.

And they said, We have surely seen that the Lord was with thee, and we said, Let there be an oath between us and thee, and we will make a covenant with thee,

And he made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his neighbour; and Isaac sent them forth, and they departed from him in safety.

And it came to pass in that day, that the servants of Isaac came and told him of the well which they had dug; and they said, We have not found water.

And they were provoking to Isaac and Rebecca.

And he looks, and behold! a well in the plain; and there were there three flocks of sheep resting at it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, but there was a great stone at the mouth of the well.

And there were all the flocks gathered, and they used to roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the flocks, and set the stone again in its place on the mouth of the well.

And Jacob said to them, Brethren, whence are ye? and they said, We are of Charrhan.

And he said to them, Know ye Laban, the son of Nachor? and they said, We do know him.

And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well. And behold Rachel his daughter came with the sheep.

And they said, We shall not be able, until all the shepherds be gathered together, and they shall roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, then we will water the flocks.

And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they were before him as a few days, by reason of his loving her.

And he laid the rods which he had peeled, in the hollows of the watering-troughs, that whensoever the cattle should come to drink, as they should have come to drink before the rods, the cattle might conceive at the rods.

And it came to pass in the time wherein the cattle became pregnant, conceiving in the belly, Jacob put the rods before the cattle in the troughs, that they might conceive by the rods.