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"The LORD , the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land'-he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.

So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.

So the man went to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and fodder were brought for the camels, and water for him and his men to wash their feet.

So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.

"He replied, 'The LORD , before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father's family.

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

Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn."

But her brother and her mother replied, "Let the girl remain with us ten days or so; then you may go."

But he said to them, "Do not detain me, now that the LORD has granted success to my journey. Send me on my way so I may go to my master."

So they called Rebekah and asked her, "Will you go with this man?" "I will go," she said.

So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham's servant and his men.

Then Rebekah and her maids got ready and mounted their camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

and asked the servant, "Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?" "He is my master," the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.

Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, "Why is this happening to me?" So she went to inquire of the LORD .

The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.

After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau's heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

But Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.

Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.