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Genesis 24:9-13 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

9. So the servant put his hand between the thighs of Abraham, his master, and made a vow to do what Abraham had asked.

10. The servant, who was in charge of Abraham's property, took ten of his master's camels and went to the city where Nahor had lived in northern Mesopotamia.

11. When he arrived, he made the camels kneel down at the well outside the city. It was late afternoon, the time when women came out to get water.

12. He prayed, “Lord, God of my master Abraham, give me success today and keep your promise to my master.

13. Here I am at the well where the young women of the city will be coming to get water.

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