And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;
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And after putting the water from her vessel into the animals' drinking-place, she went quickly back to the spring and got water for all the camels.
Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says,
And said to her, Whose daughter are you? is there room in your father's house for us?
And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.
Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass and food, and he gave to him and the men who were with him water for washing their feet.
And when he saw the nose-ring and the ornaments on his sister's hands, and when she gave him word of what the man had said to her, then he went out to the man who was waiting with the camels by the water-spring.
And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water.
The Lord has given my master every blessing, and he has become great: he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men-servants and women-servants and camels and asses.
And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.
Became the property of Abraham before the eyes of the children of Heth and of all who came into the town.
Then Abraham put Sarah his wife to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, that is, Hebron in the land of Canaan.
But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.
So the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house
And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels; let her be the woman marked out by the Lord for my master's son.
Genesis 24
And the man, looking at her, said nothing, waiting to see if the Lord had given his journey a good outcome.
And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?
But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.
And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink.
And he said to him, Come in, you on whom is the blessing of the Lord; why are you waiting outside? for I have made the house ready for you, and a place for the camels.
And the field and the hollow rock were handed over to Abraham as his property by the children of Heth.
And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,
And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.
And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.
And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and my father's house;
And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing.
And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.
See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get water: