1 Samuel 25:42
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42 Abigail got up hurriedly and rode away on a donkey; her five maids attended her. She went after the messengers of David and became his wife.(A)
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Genesis 24:61-67
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61 Then Rebekah and her maids rose up, mounted the camels, and followed the man, and the servant took Rebekah and went his way.
62 Now Isaac had come from[a] Beer-lahai-roi and was settled in the Negeb.(A) 63 Isaac went out in the evening to walk[b] in the field, and, looking up, he saw camels coming.(B) 64 And Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she slipped quickly from the camel 65 and said to the servant, “Who is the man over there, walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself. 66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67 Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent. He took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.(C)
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Psalm 45:10-11
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10 Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear;
forget your people and your father’s house,(A)
11 and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your lord, bow to him;(B)
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