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but will go to my land and my family to take a wife for my son Isaac."

The Lord , the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from my native land, who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘I will give this land to your offspring'—He will send His angel before you, and you can take a wife for my son from there.

The servant took 10 of his master's camels and departed with all kinds of his master's goods in hand. Then he set out for Nahor's town Aram-naharaim.

Let the girl to whom I say, ‘Please lower your water jug so that I may drink,' and who responds, ‘Drink, and I'll water your camels also'—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."

When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I'll also draw water for your camels until they have had enough to drink."

She quickly emptied her jug into the trough and hurried to the well again to draw water. She drew water for all his camels

After the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing half a shekel, and for her wrists two bracelets weighing 10 shekels of gold.

"Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"

and said, "Praise 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 relatives."

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

My master put me under this oath: ‘You will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I live

but will go to my father's household and to my family to take a wife for my son.'

He said to me, ‘The Lord before whom I have walked will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, and you will take a wife for my son from my family and from my father's household.

and who responds to me, ‘Drink, and I'll draw water for your camels also'—let her be the woman the Lord has appointed for my master's son.

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

Rebekah is here in front of you. Take her and go, and let her be a wife for your master's son, just as the Lord has spoken."

But her brother and mother said, "Let the girl stay with us for about 10 days. Then she can go."

Now Isaac was returning from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev region.

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

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.