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And Abraham said, God himself will give the lamb for the burned offering: so they went on together.

I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest.

So Ephron said to Abraham,

My lord, give ear to me: the value of the land is four hundred shekels; what is that between me and you? so put your dead to rest there.

So Ephron's field at Machpelah near Mamre, with the hollow in the rock and all the trees in the field and round it,

Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.

And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough.

So the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house

And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.

So they sent their sister Rebekah and her servant with Abraham's servant and his men.

So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.

And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.

So Isaac went on living in Gerar;

For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.

So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.

But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.

Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah.

Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.

And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;

And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.