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And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,"May you, our sister,Become thousands of ten thousands,And may your seed possessThe gate of those who hate him."

Then Rebekah arose with her young women, and they mounted the camels and went after the man. So the servant took Rebekah and went.

And they dwelt from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt as one goes toward Assyria; he settled in the face of all his brothers.

And the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau.

And the herdsmen of Gerar contended with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they quarreled with him.

Then they dug another well, and they contended over it also, so he called it Sitnah.

Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not contend over it; so he named it Rehoboth, and he said, "At last Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."

Then they said, "We see plainly that Yahweh has been with you; so we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us—between you and us—and let us cut a covenant with you,

Then he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

In the morning they arose early, and each swore to the other; then Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

Now it happened on that day, that Isaac's servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug and said to him, "We have found water."

and they brought bitterness to Isaac and Rebekah.

And he looked, and behold, a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, for from that well they gave water to the flocks to drink. Now the stone on the mouth of the well was large.

And all the flocks would be gathered there, and they would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and give water to the sheep to drink and return the stone back to its place on the mouth of the well.

And Jacob said to them, "My brothers, where are you from?" And they said, "We are from Haran."

Then he said to them, "Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?" And they said, "We know him."

And he said to them, "Is it well with him?" And they said, "It is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep."

But they said, "We cannot, until all the flocks are gathered, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we give water to the sheep to drink."

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they were in his sight but a few days because of his love for her.

And he set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the trough, that is, in the watering channels, where the flocks came to drink; and they mated when they came to drink.