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

Then the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and he went with all kinds of good things of his master's in his hand. So he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

now may it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar so that I may drink,' and she says, ‘Drink, and I will give water to your camels to drink also'—may she be the one whom You have decided for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness to my master."

So she hurried and emptied her jar into the watering channel and ran again to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.

So the man came into the house. Then Laban unloaded the camels, and he gave straw and feed to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

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

And Yahweh has greatly blessed my master, so he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and male slaves and female slaves, and camels and donkeys.

"So I came today to the spring and said, ‘O Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I go successful;

Then she hurried and lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will also give water to your camels to drink'; so I drank, and she also gave water to the camels to drink.

So now if you are going to show lovingkindness and truth with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right or to the left."

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, "The matter comes from Yahweh; so we cannot speak to you bad or good.

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 Isaac entreated Yahweh on behalf of his wife because she was barren; and Yahweh was moved by his entreaty. So Rebekah his wife conceived.

But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why then am I this way?" So she went to inquire of Yahweh.

Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

And Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?"

And Jacob said, "First swear to me"; so he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

So Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank and rose and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.

So Isaac lived in Gerar.