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Then Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver at the merchants' current rate.

that I may make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose midst I am dwelling,

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

Yahweh, the God of heaven who took me from the house of my father and from the land of my family, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, ‘to your offspring I will give this land,' he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

And let it be that the girl to whom I shall say, ‘Please, offer your jar that I may drink' and who says, ‘Drink—and I will also water your camels,' she is the one you have chosen for your servant, for Isaac. By her I will know that you have shown loyal love to my master."

When she finished giving him a drink she said, "I will also draw water for your camels until they finish drinking."

And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water. And she drew water for all his camels.

And it happened that as the camels finished drinking the man took a gold ring of a half shekel in weight and two bracelets for her arms, ten shekels in weight,

and said, "Please tell me, whose daughter are you? Is there a place at the house of your father for us to spend the night?"

And he said, "Come, O blessed one of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? Now I have prepared the house and a place for the camels."

And my master made me swear, saying, ‘Do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I am living.

But you shall go to the house of my father, and to my family, and you shall take a wife for my son.'

And he said to me, ‘Yahweh, before whom I have walked, shall send his angel with you and will make your journey successful. And you shall take a wife for my son from my family, and from the house of my father.

let her say to me, "Drink; I will also draw water for your camels," she is the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for the son of my master.'

And I knelt down and worshiped Yahweh, and I praised Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right way, to take the daughter of the brother of my master for his son.

Here is Rebekah before you. Take her and go; let her be a wife for the son of your master as Yahweh has spoken."

And Isaac prayed to Yahweh on behalf of his wife, for she was barren. And Yahweh responded to his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

And Esau said to Jacob, "Give me some of that red stuff to gulp down, for I am exhausted!" (Therefore his name was called Edom).

Dwell as an alien in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham you father.

When the men of the place asked concerning his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "my wife," thinking "the men of the place will kill me on account of Rebekah, for she was beautiful."