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Genesis 24:33-42 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

33. And bread was set before him. But he said: I will not eat, till I tell my message. He answered him: Speak.

34. And he said: I am the servant of Abraham:

35. And the Lord hath blessed my master wonderfully, and he is become great: and he hath given him sheep and oxen, silver and gold, menservants and womenservants, camels and asses.

36. And Sara my master's wife hath borne my master a son in her old age, and he hath given him all that he had.

37. And my master made me swear, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the Chanaanites, in whose land I dwell:

38. But thou shalt go to my father's house, and shalt take a wife of my own kindred for my son:

39. But I answered my master: What if the woman will not come with me?

40. The Lord, said he, in whose sight I walk, will send his angel with thee, and will direct thy way: and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my own kindred, and of my father's house.

41. But thou shalt be clear from my curse, when thou shalt come to my kindred, if they will not give thee one.

42. And I came to day to the well of water, and said: O Lord God of my master Abraham, if thou hast prospered my way, wherein I now walk,

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