41 You will be released from my oath if, when you go to my clan, they refuse to give her to you – then you will be released from my oath.’

42 ‘When I came to the spring today, I said, “Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which I have come. 43 See, I am standing beside this spring. If a young woman comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’

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