Genesis 24 Reading

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Genesis 24.
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Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
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And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge over all that he had, put your hand under my thigh, that I may make you swear by the Lord, 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, among whom I dwell.
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But will go to my country and to my kindred and take a wife for my son Isaac.
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The servant said to him, Perhaps the woman may not be willing to follow me to this land.
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Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?
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Abraham said to him, See to it that you do not take my son back there.
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The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and swore to me, To your offspring I will give this land.
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He will send his angel before you and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
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But the woman is not willing to follow you.
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Then you will be free from the this oath of mine, but you must not take my son back there.
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So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.
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Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master.
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And he arose and went to Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor.
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And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when women go out to draw water, and he said, O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham.
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Behold, I'm standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
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Let the young woman to whom I shall say, Please let down your jar they may drink.
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And who shall say, Drink, and I will water your camels?
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Let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac.
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By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.
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Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebecca, who was born to Bethuel, the son of Milka, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder.
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The young woman was very attractive in appearance, a maiden whom no man had known.
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She went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.
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Then the servant ran to meet her and said, Please give me a little water to drink from your jar.
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She said, Drink, my lord.
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And she quickly let down her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink.
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And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.
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So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water, and she drew for all his camels.
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The men gazed at her silence and to learn whether the Lord had prospered his journey or not.
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When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing half half shekel and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels, and said, Please, tell me whose daughter you are.
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Is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?
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She said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milkah, whom she bore to Nahor.
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She added, We have plenty of both straw and fodder and room to spend the night.
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The man bowed his head and worshipped the Lord and said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master.
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As for me, the Lord has led me in the way to the house of my master's kinsmen.
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Then the young woman ran and told her mother's household about these things.
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Rebecca had a brother whose name was Laban.
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Laban ran out toward the man to the spring.
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As soon as she saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister's arms, and heard the words of Rebecca, his sister, thus the man spoke to me.
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He went to the man, and behold, he was standing by the camels of the spring.
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He said, Come in, O blessed of the Lord, why do you stand outside?
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For I prepared the house and a place for the camels.
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So the men came to the house and unharnessed the camels and gave straw and fodder to the camels, and there was water to wash his feet, and the water of the men who were with him.
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Then food was set before him to eat.
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But he said, I will not eat until I have said what I have to say.
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He said, Speak on.
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So he said, I am Abraham's servant.
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The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great.
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He has given him flo flocks and herds of silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys.
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And Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old, and to him he has given all that he has.
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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 dwell, but you shall go to my father's house and to my clan and take a wife for my son.
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I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me.
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But he said to me, The Lord, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you and prosper your way.
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You shall take a wife for my son from my clan and from my father's house.
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Then you will be free for my oath when you come to my clan.
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And if they will not give her to you, you will be free of my oath.
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I came today to the spring and said, O Lord, the God of my master, Abraham is now, if now you are prospering the way that I go, behold, I am standing by the spring of water.
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Let the virgin who comes out to draw water, to whom I shall say, Please give me a little water from your jar to drink.
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And whose will say to me, Drink, and I will draw for your camels also.
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Let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed to be my master's son.
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Before I had finished speaking to her in my heart, behold, Rebecca came out with her water jar on her shoulder.
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She went down to the spring and drew water.
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I said to her, Please let me drink.
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She quickly let down her jar from her shoulder and said, Drink, and I will give your camels drink also.
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So I drank, and she gave the camels drink also.
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Then I asked her, Whose daughter are you?
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She said, The daughter of Bethel, Nahor's son, whom milk or bore to him.
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So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her arm.
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Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord.
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Bless the Lord, the God of my master, Abraham, who led me by the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.
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Now then, if you are going to show steadfast love and faithfulness to my master, tell me, and if not, tell me that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.
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Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing has come from the Lord, and we cannot speak to you, bad or good.
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Behold, Rebecca is before you.
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Take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has spoken.
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When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the earth before the Lord, and the servant brought out jewelry of silver, of gold, and of garments, and gave them to Rebecca.
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He also gave to her brother and to her mother costly ornaments.
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And he and the men who were with him ate and drank, and they spent the night there.
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When they arose in the morning, he said, Send me away to my master.
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Her brother and her mother said, Let the young woman remain with us a while, at least ten days, that after that she may go.
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But he said to them, Do not delay me.
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Since the Lord has prospered my way, send me away that I may go to my master.
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They said, Let us call the young woman and ask her.
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And they called Rebecca and said to her, Will you go with this man?
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She said, I will go.
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So they sent away Rebekah, their sister and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men, and they blessed Rebekah and said to her, Our sister, may you become thousands of ten thousands, and may your offspring possess the gate of those who hate him.
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Then Rebekah and her young woman arose and rode on the camels and followed the man.
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Thus the servant Rebekah took Rebekah and went his way.
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Now Isaac had returned for bearer Lahia Roy, and was dwelling in the Negeb, and Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening, and he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, there were camels coming.
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And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel and said to the servant, Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?
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The servant said, It is my master.
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So she took her veil and covered herself, and the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
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Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loved her.
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So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
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This is the word of the Lord.