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Genesis 24:28-37 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

28. Then the young woman ran and informed those of her mother’s house these matters.

29. And Riḇqah had a brother whose name was Laḇan, and Laḇan ran out to the man, to the fountain.

30. And it came to be, when he saw the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and when he heard the words of his sister Riḇqah, saying, “Thus the man spoke to me,” that he went to the man and saw him standing by the camels at the fountain.

31. And he said, “Come in, O blessed of יהוה! Why do you stand outside? I myself have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.”

32. So the man came into the house, while he unloaded the camels and provided straw and fodder for the camels and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him,

33. and set food before him to eat. But he said, “Let me not eat until I have spoken my word.” And he said, “Speak on.”

34. And he said, “I am Aḇraham’s servant.

35. “And יהוה has blessed my master exceedingly, and he has become great. And He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

36. “And Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she was old. And he has given to him all that he has.

37. “And my master made me swear, saying, ‘Do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Kena‛anites, in whose land I dwell,

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