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46 She quickly lifted the jug down from her shoulder so that I could drink, and told me, ‘Certainly, sir, and I will water your camels too!’ So she did! 47 Then I asked her, ‘Whose family are you from?’ And she told me, ‘Nahor’s. My father is Bethuel, the son of Nahor and his wife Milcah.’ So I gave her the ring and the bracelets. 48 Then I bowed my head and worshiped and blessed Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, because he had led me along just the right path to find a girl from the family of my master’s brother.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:48 a girl from the family of my master’s brother, literally, “my master’s brother’s daughter.”

46 “She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too.’(A) So I drank, and she watered the camels also.(B)

47 “I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’(C)

“She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel(D) son of Nahor, whom Milkah bore to him.’(E)

“Then I put the ring in her nose(F) and the bracelets on her arms,(G) 48 and I bowed down and worshiped the Lord.(H) I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham,(I) who had led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.(J)

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