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41 By going to my kin you will have fulfilled your oath. If they do not give her to you, you will have fulfilled your oath.’

42 “And so today I arrived at the well and said, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you are going to grant success to this journey I am making, 43 since I am standing near the well, grant that when a young woman comes out to draw water and to whom I say, “Give me a little water from your jar to drink,”

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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.’(A)

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

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