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Genesis 24:53-66 Good News Bible (GNB)

53. Then he brought out clothing and silver and gold jewellery, and gave them to Rebecca. He also gave expensive gifts to her brother and to her mother.

54. Then Abraham's servant and the men with him ate and drank, and spent the night there. When they got up in the morning, he said, “Let me go back to my master.”

55. But Rebecca's brother and her mother said, “Let her stay with us a week or ten days, and then she may go.”

56. But he said, “Don't make us stay. The Lord has made my journey a success; let me go back to my master.”

57. They answered, “Let's call her and find out what she has to say.”

58. So they called Rebecca and asked, “Do you want to go with this man?”“Yes,” she answered.

59. So they let Rebecca and her old family servant go with Abraham's servant and his men.

60. And they gave Rebecca their blessing in these words:“May you, sister, become the mother of millions!May your descendants conquer the cities of their enemies!”

61. Then Rebecca and her young women got ready and mounted the camels to go with Abraham's servant, and they all started out.

62. Isaac had come into the wilderness of “The Well of the Living One who Sees Me” and was staying in the southern part of Canaan.

63. He went out in the early evening to take a walk in the fields and saw camels coming.

64. When Rebecca saw Isaac, she got down from her camel

65. and asked Abraham's servant, “Who is that man walking towards us in the field?”“He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her scarf and covered her face.

66. The servant told Isaac everything he had done.

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