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Genesis 24:50-62 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

50. Laban and Bethuel answered, “The Lord has done this. We have no choice in the matter.

51. Take Rebekah with you; she can marry your master's son, just as the Lord has said.”

52. Abraham's servant bowed down and thanked the Lord.

53. Then he gave clothing, as well as silver and gold jewellery, to Rebekah. He also gave expensive gifts to her brother and her mother.

54. Abraham's servant and the men with him ate and drank, then spent the night there. The next morning they got up, and the servant told Rebekah's mother and brother, “I would like to go back to my master now.”

55. “Let Rebekah stay with us for a week or ten days,” they answered. “Then she may go.”

56. But he said, “Don't make me stay any longer. The Lord has already helped me find a wife for my master's son. Now let us return.”

57. They answered, “Let's ask Rebekah what she wants to do.”

58. They called her and asked, “Are you willing to leave with this man at once?”“Yes,” she answered.

59. So they agreed to let Rebekah and an old family servant woman leave immediately with Abraham's servant and his men.

60. They gave Rebekah their blessing and said, “We pray that God will give you many children and grandchildren and that he will help them defeat their enemies.”

61. Afterwards, Rebekah and the young women who were to travel with her prepared to leave. Then they got on camels and left with Abraham's servant and his men.

62. At that time Isaac was living in the southern part of Canaan near a place called “The Well of the Living One who Sees Me”.

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