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He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
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And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
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He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by.
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Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to your servant.” “Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”
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Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
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“My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
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Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die.
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Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek’s servants had seized.
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Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.
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He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”
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Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.
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He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh.
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The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?”
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So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
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Then the servant left, taking with him ten of his master’s camels loaded with all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor.
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May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’—let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”
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The servant hurried to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.”
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So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant.
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The Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
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When Abraham’s servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.
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Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles of clothing and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother.
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So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
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Then Rebekah and her attendants got ready and mounted the camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
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and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
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Then the servant told Isaac all he had done.
