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And the man, looking at her, said nothing, waiting to see if the Lord had given his journey a good outcome.

And when he saw the nose-ring and the ornaments on his sister's hands, and when she gave him word of what the man had said to her, then he went out to the man who was waiting with the camels by the water-spring.

And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and my father's house;

And questioning her, I said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor, and Milcah his wife. Then I put the ring on her nose and the ornaments on her hands.

And with bent head I gave worship and praise to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, by whom I had been guided in the right way, to get the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

And at these words, Abraham's servant went down on his face and gave praise to the Lord.

So they sent their sister Rebekah and her servant with Abraham's servant and his men.

So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.

And when the evening was near, he went wandering out into the fields, and lifting up his eyes he saw camels coming.

And Isaac took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was comforted after his father's death.

Now Abraham gave all his property to Isaac;

But to the sons of his other women he gave offerings, and sent them away, while he was still living, into the east country.

And Abraham came to his death, an old man, full of years; and he was put to rest with his people.

And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, put him to rest in the hollow rock of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, near Mamre;

The same field which Abraham got from the children of Heth: there Abraham was put to rest with Sarah, his wife.

Now after the death of Abraham, the blessing of God was with Isaac, his son.

And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people.

Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.

Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child.

And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.