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So the servant put his hand between the thighs of Abraham, his master, and made a vow to do what Abraham had asked.

So the man went into the house, and Laban unloaded the camels and gave them straw and fodder. Then he brought water for Abraham's servant and his men to wash their feet.

She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will also water your camels.' So I drank, and she watered the camels.

Now, if you intend to fulfill your responsibility toward my master and treat him fairly, please tell me; if not, say so, and I will decide what to do."

So they called Rebecca and asked, "Do you want to go with this man?" "Yes," she answered.

So they let Rebecca and her old family servant go with Abraham's servant and his men.

and asked Abraham's servant, "Who is that man walking toward us in the field?" "He is my master," the servant answered. So she took her scarf and covered her face.

Then Isaac brought Rebecca into the tent that his mother Sarah had lived in, and she became his wife. Isaac loved Rebecca, and so he was comforted for the loss of his mother.

She was going to have twins, and before they were born, they struggled against each other in her womb. She said, "Why should something like this happen to me?" So she went to ask the Lord for an answer.

The first one was reddish, and his skin was like a hairy robe, so he was named Esau.

The second one was born holding on tightly to the heel of Esau, so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

So Isaac lived at Gerar.

Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, "So she is your wife! Why did you say she was your sister?" He answered, "I thought I would be killed if I said she was my wife."

So they filled in all the wells which the servants of his father Abraham had dug while Abraham was alive.

So Isaac left and set up his camp in Gerar Valley, where he stayed for some time.

The shepherds of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's shepherds and said, "This water belongs to us." So Isaac named the well "Quarrel."

Isaac's servants dug another well, and there was a quarrel about that one also, so he named it "Enmity."

He moved away from there and dug another well. There was no dispute about this one, so he named it "Freedom." He said, "Now the Lord has given us freedom to live in the land, and we will be prosperous here."

So Isaac asked, "Why have you now come to see me, when you were so unfriendly to me before and made me leave your country?"

While Isaac was talking to Esau, Rebecca was listening. So when Esau went out to hunt,