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And the slave took ten camels from his master's camels and left. And all his master's goods were in his hand. And he rose up and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

And she hurried and emptied her pitcher into the trough. And she again ran to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

And watching her, the man kept silent in order to know if Jehovah had prospered his way, or not.

And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, who has not left off His kindness and His truth with my master, I being in the way, Jehovah guided me to the house of the brother of my master.

And Rebekah had a brother, his name being Laban. And Laban ran out to the man, to the fountain.

And it happened when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard his sister's words, Rebekah, saying, So the man spoke to me, then he came to the man and saw him standing by the camels at the fountain.

And the man came into the house. And he unloaded the camels and gave straw and fodder to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

And my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old, and he has given to him all that is his.

And he said to me, Jehovah, before whom I walk, will send His Angel with you and prosper your way. And you shall take a wife for my son from my family, from my father's house.

And I bowed and worshiped Jehovah, and I blessed Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, who had guided me in the true way, to take for his son the daughter of the brother of my master.

And they sent away their sister Rebekah, and her nurse, and Abraham's slave and his men.

And Isaac had gone out to meditate in the field as it turned evening. And he raised his eyes and looked. And behold, camels were coming.

And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah. And he took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother.

And Abraham gave all that was his to Isaac.

And to the sons of the concubines who were to Abraham, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away eastward, from his son Isaac, while still alive to an eastern land.

And Abraham expired and died in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and was gathered to his people.

And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him at the cave of Machpelah, at the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite which is before Mamre,

the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth. Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried there.

And it happened after the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac lived by The Well of the Living One, My Beholder.

And these were the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred thirty seven years. And he expired and died, and was gathered to his people.