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Then she added, "We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night."

saying, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master's kinsmen."

"Come, you who are blessed by the LORD," said Laban. "Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels."

My master made me swear an oath and said, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,

but you shall go to my father's house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.'

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.

and she replies, "Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well," may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master's son.

Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I praised the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son.

Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.

Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

He said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished." (That is why he was also called Edom.)

Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, "She is my sister." For he was afraid to say, "She is my wife," since he thought to himself, "The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful."

Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, "So she is really your wife! How could you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac replied, "Because I thought I might die on account of her."

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us."

He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, "At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."

and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham."

So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

Take your weapons-your quiver and bow-and go out in the field to hunt some game for me.

Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father-the kind he loves.