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Genesis 24:32-44 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

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,

38. but go to my father’s house and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’

39. “And I said to my master, ‘What if the woman does not follow me?’

40. “But he said to me, ‘יהוה, before whom I walk, sends His messenger with you and shall prosper your way. And you shall take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father’s house.

41. ‘Then, when you go to my relatives, you are to be released from this oath. And if they do not give her to you, then you are released from my oath.’

42. “And this day I came to the fountain and said, ‘יהוה, Elohim of my master Aḇraham, please, if You are prospering the way in which I am going,

43. see, I am standing by the fountain of water, and when the maiden comes out to draw water, and I say to her, “Please give me a little water from your jar to drink,”

44. and she says to me, “Drink, and let me draw for your camels too,” let her be the woman whom יהוה has appointed for my master’s son.’

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