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Then he got up from his dead one and said to the sons of Het,

"Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us, so choose any of our tombs to bury your dead — not one of us would refuse you his tomb for burying your dead."

to give me the cave of Makhpelah, which he owns, the one at the end of his field. He should sell it to me in your presence at its full value; then I will have a burial site of my own."

‘Efron the Hitti was sitting among the sons of Het, and he gave Avraham his answer in the presence of the sons of Het who belonged to the ruling council of the city:

to Avraham as his possession in the presence of the sons of Het who belonged to the ruling council of the city.

Then Avraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Makhpelah, by Mamre, also known as Hevron, in the land of Kena‘an.

Adonai , the God of heaven — who took me away from my father's house and away from the land I was born in, who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘I will give this land to your descendants' — he will send his angel ahead of you; and you are to bring a wife for my son from there.

The servant put his hand under the thigh of Avraham his master and swore to him concerning the matter.

(iii) Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and all kinds of gifts from his master, got up and went to Aram-Naharayim, to Nachor's city.

She quickly emptied her jug into the trough, then ran again to the well to draw water, and kept on drawing water for all his camels.

The man gazed at her in silence, waiting to find out whether Adonai had made his trip successful or not.

The man bowed his head and prostrated himself before Adonai .

(iv) Then he said, "Blessed be Adonai , God of my master Avraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love for my master; because Adonai has guided me to the house of my master's kinsmen."

Rivkah had a brother named Lavan. When he saw the nose-ring, and the bracelets on his sister's wrists besides, and when he heard his sister Rivkah's report of what the man had said to her, he ran out to the spring and found the man standing there by the camels.

So the man went inside, and while the camels were being unloaded and provided straw and fodder, water was brought for him to wash his feet and the feet of the men with him.

Avraham answered me, ‘ Adonai , in whose presence I live, will send his angel with you to make your trip successful; and you are to pick a wife for my son from my kinsmen in my father's house;

bowed my head, prostrated myself before Adonai and blessed Adonai , God of my master Avraham, for having led me in the right way to obtain my master's brother's [grand]daughter for his son.

He and his men then ate and drank and stayed the night. In the morning they got up; and he said, "Send me off to my master."

So they sent their sister Rivkah away, with her nurse, Avraham's servant and his men.

Then Rivkah and her maids mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rivkah and went on his way.