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And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."

"I am a stranger and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead."

to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site."

Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,

and said to Ephron in their presence, "If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there."

So Ephron's field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field, were deeded over

So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, "Place your hand under my thigh,

The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father's house and my native land, 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 take a wife for my son from there.

So the servant placed his hand under his master Abraham's thigh and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

So the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please let me have a little water from your jar."

So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.

Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say." So Laban said, "Please speak."

And he told me, 'The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father's house.

So when I came to the spring today, I prayed, 'O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!

And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'

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

Then I asked her, 'Whose daughter are you?' She replied, 'The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.' So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere."

But her brother and mother said, "Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go."