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So he said, "I am ^(C1)Abraham's servant.

"The LORD has greatly ^(C1)blessed my master, so that he has become ^(F1)rich; and He has given him ^(C2)flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and slave women, and camels and donkeys.

"Now ^(C1)my master's wife Sarah bore a son to my master ^(F1)in her old age, and ^(C2)he has given him all that he has.

"^(C1)My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live;

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

"Then ^(C1)I said to my master, 'Suppose the woman does not follow me.'

"And he said to me, '^(C1)The LORD, before whom I have ^(C2)walked, will send ^(C3)His angel with you to make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father's house;

^(C1)then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.'

"So ^(C1)I came today to the spring, and said, 'LORD, God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I have been going ^(C2)successful;

behold, ^(C1)I am standing by the ^(F1)spring, and may it be that the ^(F2)young unmarried woman who comes out to draw water, and to whom I say, "^(C2)Please let me drink a little water from your jar";

and she says to me, "You drink, and I will draw for your camels also"—let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master's son.'

"Before I had finished ^(C1)speaking in my heart, behold, ^(C2)Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew water, and ^(C3)I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'

"She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, '^(C1)Drink, and I will water your camels also'; so I drank, and she watered the camels also.

"^(C1)Then I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' And she said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him'; and I put the ^(C2)ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her ^(F1)wrists.

"And I ^(C1)bowed low and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, ^(C2)who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

"So now if you are going to ^(F1)(C1)deal kindly and truthfully with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me now, so that I may turn to the right or the left."