Genesis 24 - 25
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Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the Lord m had blessed Abraham in all things.
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And Abraham said to his servant, n the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, o "Put your hand under my thigh,
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that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that p you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,
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q but will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac."
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The servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman may not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?"
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Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there.
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The Lord, the God of heaven, r who took me from my father's house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and swore to me, s 'To your offspring I will give this land,' t he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
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But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then u you will be free from this oath of mine; only you must not take my son back there."
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So the servant v put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.
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Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose and went to w Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor.
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And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when x women go out to draw water.
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And he said, "O Lord, y God of my master Abraham, z please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham.
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Behold, a I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
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Let the young woman to whom I shall say, 'Please let down your jar that I may drink,' and who shall say, 'Drink, and I will water your camels' - let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. b By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master."
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Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of c Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder.
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The young woman d was very attractive in appearance, a maiden whom no man had known. She went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.
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Then the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a little water to drink from your jar."
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She said, "Drink, my lord." And she quickly let down her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink.
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When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking."
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So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water, and she drew for all his camels.
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The man gazed at her in silence to learn whether the Lord had prospered his journey or not.
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When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel, and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels,
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and said, "Please tell me whose daughter you are. Is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"
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She said to him, e "I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor."
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She added, "We have plenty of both straw and fodder, and room to spend the night."
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f The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord
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and said, "Blessed be the Lord, g the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken h his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord i has led me in the way to the house of my master's kinsmen."
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Then the young woman ran and told her mother's household about these things.
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Rebekah had a brother whose name was j Laban. Laban ran out toward the man, to the spring.
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As soon as he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister's arms, and heard the words of Rebekah his sister, "Thus the man spoke to me," he went to the man. And behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.
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He said, "Come in, k O blessed of the Lord. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house and a place for the camels."
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So the man came to the house and unharnessed the camels, and gave l straw and fodder to the camels, and there was m water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
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Then food was set before him to eat. But he said, "I will not eat until I have said what I have to say." He said, "Speak on."
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So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.
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The Lord n has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys.
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And Sarah my master's wife o bore a son to my master when she was old, and p to him he has given all that he has.
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q My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell,
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but you shall go to my father's house and to my clan and take a wife for my son.'
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I said to my master, 'Perhaps the woman will not follow me.'
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But he said to me, 'The Lord, r before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you and s prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son from my clan and from my father's house.
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Then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my clan. And if they will not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.'
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"I came today to the spring and said, t 'O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now you s are prospering the way that I go,
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behold, I am standing u by the spring of water. Let the virgin who comes out to draw water, to whom I shall say, "Please give me a little water from your jar to drink,"
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v and who will say to me, "Drink, and I will draw for your camels also," let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master's son.'
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"Before I had finished w speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her water jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'
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She quickly let down her jar from her shoulder and said, 'Drink, and I will give your camels drink also.' So I drank, and she gave the camels drink also.
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Then I asked her, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' x So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her arms.
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y Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, t the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to take z the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.
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Now then, if you are going to a show steadfast love and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left."
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Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, "The thing has come from the Lord; we cannot b speak to you bad or good.
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Behold, Rebekah is before you; take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, c as the Lord has spoken."
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When Abraham's servant heard their words, y he bowed himself to the earth before the Lord.
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And the servant brought out jewelry of silver and of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave to her brother and to her mother costly ornaments.
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And he and the men who were with him ate and drank, and they spent the night there. When they arose in the morning, he said, d "Send me away to my master."
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Her brother and her mother said, "Let the young woman remain with us a while, at least ten days; after that she may go."
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But he said to them, "Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."
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They said, "Let us call the young woman and ask her."
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And they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She said, "I will go."
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So they sent away Rebekah their sister and e her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.
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And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,
"Our sister, may you f become
thousands of ten thousands,
and g may your offspring possess
the gate of those who hate him!"
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Then Rebekah and her young women arose and rode on the camels and followed the man. Thus the servant took Rebekah and went his way.
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Now Isaac had returned from h Beer-lahai-roi and was dwelling in the Negeb.
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And Isaac went out i to meditate in the field toward evening. And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, there were camels coming.
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And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel
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and said to the servant, "Who is that man, walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It is my master." So she took her veil and covered herself.
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And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
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Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was j comforted after his mother's k death.
Genesis 25
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Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.
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l She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
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Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
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The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
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m Abraham gave all he had to Isaac.
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But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he n sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward o to the east country.
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These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, 175 years.
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Abraham p breathed his last and q died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
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Isaac and Ishmael r his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,
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the field s that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. t There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife.
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After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at u Beer-lahai-roi.
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These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, v whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.
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w These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: x Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and x Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
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Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
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Hadad, y Tema, z Jetur, z Naphish, and Kedemah.
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These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, a twelve princes according to their tribes.
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(These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He b breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)
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c They settled from Havilah to d Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.
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These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: e Abraham fathered Isaac,
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and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, f the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of g Paddan-aram, h the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.
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And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And i the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
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The children struggled together within her, and she said, "If it is thus, why is this happening to me?" So she went j to inquire of the Lord.
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And the Lord said to her,
k "Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you shall be divided;
l the one shall be stronger than the other,
m the older shall serve the younger."
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When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb.
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The first came out red, n all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau.
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Afterward his brother came out with o his hand holding Esau's heel, so p his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
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When the boys grew up, Esau was q a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, r dwelling in tents.
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Isaac loved Esau because s he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
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Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted.
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And Esau said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!" (Therefore his name was called Edom. )
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Jacob said, "Sell me your birthright now."
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Esau said, "I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?"
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Jacob said, "Swear to me now." So he swore to him and t sold his birthright to Jacob.
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Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
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Genesis 24:35
The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys.
Genesis 13:2
Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
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Genesis 15:2
But Abram said, "O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?
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Genesis 24:9
So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.
Genesis 47:29
And when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal kindly and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt.
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Genesis 26:34 - 35
When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I loathe my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?
Deuteronomy 7:3
You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons.
2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
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Genesis 28:2
Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.
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Genesis 12:1
Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.
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Genesis 12:7
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
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Exodus 23:20
Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.
Exodus 23:23
When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out.
Exodus 33:2
I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Hebrews 1:14
Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?
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Joshua 2:17 - 20
The men said to her, "We will be guiltless with respect to this oath of yours that you have made us swear.
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Genesis 24:2
And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh.
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Deuteronomy 23:4
Because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
Judges 3:8
Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia. And the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
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1 Samuel 9:11
As they went up the hill to the city, they met young women coming out to draw water and said to them, "Is the seer here?
John 4:7
A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink.
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Genesis 24:27
And said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me in the way to the house of my master's kinsmen.
Genesis 24:42
I came today to the spring and said, 'O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now you are prospering the way that I go.
Genesis 24:48
Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.
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Genesis 27:20
But Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He answered, "Because the Lord your God granted me success.
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Genesis 24:43
Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. Let the virgin who comes out to draw water, to whom I shall say, "Please give me a little water from your jar to drink.
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Genesis 15:8
But he said, "O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?
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Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.
Genesis 22:23
( Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
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Genesis 26:7
When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he feared to say, "My wife," thinking, "lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah," because she was attractive in appearance.
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Genesis 24:15
Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder.
Genesis 22:23
( Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
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Genesis 24:48
Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.
Genesis 24:52
When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the earth before the Lord.
Exodus 4:31
And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
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Genesis 24:12
And he said, "O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham.
Genesis 24:42
I came today to the spring and said, 'O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now you are prospering the way that I go.
Genesis 24:48
Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.
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Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
Psalms 98:3
He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
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Genesis 24:48
Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.
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Genesis 25:20
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.
Genesis 28:2
Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.
Genesis 29:5
He said to them, "Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?" They said, "We know him.
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Genesis 26:29
That you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.
Judges 17:2
And he said to his mother, "The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." And his mother said, "Blessed be my son by the Lord.
Ruth 3:10
And he said, "May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.
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Genesis 43:24
And when the man had brought the men into Joseph's house and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and when he had given their donkeys fodder.
Judges 19:21
So he brought him into his house and gave the donkeys feed. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
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Genesis 18:4
Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
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Genesis 24:1
Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
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Genesis 21:2
And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.
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Genesis 25:5
Abraham gave all he had to Isaac.
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Genesis 24:3 - 8
That I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.
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Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.
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Genesis 24:21
The man gazed at her in silence to learn whether the Lord had prospered his journey or not.
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Genesis 24:12
And he said, "O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham.
Genesis 24:27
And said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me in the way to the house of my master's kinsmen.
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Genesis 24:40
But he said to me, 'The Lord, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son from my clan and from my father's house.
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Genesis 24:13
Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
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Genesis 24:14
Let the young woman to whom I shall say, 'Please let down your jar that I may drink,' and who shall say, 'Drink, and I will water your camels' - let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.
Genesis 24:18
She said, "Drink, my lord." And she quickly let down her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink.
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1 Samuel 1:13
Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman.
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Ezekiel 16:11 - 12
And I adorned you with ornaments and put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck.
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Genesis 24:26
The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord
Genesis 24:52
When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the earth before the Lord.
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Genesis 24:42
I came today to the spring and said, 'O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now you are prospering the way that I go.
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Genesis 22:23
( Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
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Genesis 47:29
And when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal kindly and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt.
Joshua 2:14
And the men said to her, "Our life for yours even to death! If you do not tell this business of ours, then when the Lord gives us the land we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.
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Genesis 31:24
But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, "Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.
2 Samuel 13:22
But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar.
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Genesis 24:13 - 15
Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
Genesis 24:42 - 46
I came today to the spring and said, 'O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now you are prospering the way that I go.
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Genesis 24:48
Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.
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Genesis 24:56
But he said to them, "Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.
Genesis 24:59
So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.
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Genesis 35:8
And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.
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Genesis 17:16
I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.
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Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.
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Genesis 16:14
Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 25:11
After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.
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Psalms 77:12
I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.
Psalms 143:5
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands.
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Genesis 37:35
All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, "No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning." Thus his father wept for him.
Genesis 38:12
In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua's daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
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Genesis 23:2
And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
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1 Chronicles 1:32 - 33
The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
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Genesis 24:36
And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old, and to him he has given all that he has.
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Genesis 21:14
So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
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Judges 6:3
For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.
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Genesis 25:17
(These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)
Genesis 35:29
And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Genesis 49:33
When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people.
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Genesis 15:15
As for yourself, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.
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Genesis 35:29
And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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Genesis 23:16
Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.
Genesis 50:13
For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place.
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Genesis 49:30 - 31
In the cave that is in the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place.
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Genesis 16:14
Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 24:62
Now Isaac had returned from Beer-lahai-roi and was dwelling in the Negeb.
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Genesis 16:15
And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
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1 Chronicles 1:29 - 31
These are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam.
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Isaiah 60:7
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will beautify my beautiful house.
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Isaiah 60:7
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will beautify my beautiful house.
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Job 6:19
The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope.
Isaiah 21:14
To the thirsty bring water; meet the fugitive with bread, O inhabitants of the land of Tema.
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1 Chronicles 5:19
They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
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1 Chronicles 5:19
They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
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Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.
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Genesis 25:8
Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
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1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
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Genesis 16:7
The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
Genesis 20:1
From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
Exodus 15:22
Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
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Matthew 1:2
Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
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Genesis 22:23
( Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
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Genesis 28:2
Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.
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Genesis 24:29
Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban. Laban ran out toward the man, to the spring.
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2 Samuel 21:14
And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father. And they did all that the king commanded. And after that God responded to the plea for the land.
2 Samuel 24:25
And David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.
1 Chronicles 5:20
And when they prevailed over them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea because they trusted in him.
2 Chronicles 33:13
He prayed to him, and God was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.
Ezra 8:23
So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.
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1 Samuel 9:9
(Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, "Come, let us go to the seer," for today's "prophet" was formerly called a seer.)
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Genesis 17:16
I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.
Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you become thousands of ten thousands, and may your offspring possess the gate of those who hate him!
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2 Samuel 8:14
Then he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.
Obadiah 1:18 - 21
The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau, for the Lord has spoken.
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Genesis 27:29
Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!
Genesis 27:40
By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you grow restless you shall break his yoke from your neck.
Romans 9:12
She was told, "The older will serve the younger.
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Genesis 27:11
But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
Genesis 27:16
And the skins of the young goats she put on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
Genesis 27:23
And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands. So he blessed him.
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Hosea 12:3
In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with God.
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Genesis 27:36
Esau said, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing." Then he said, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?
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Genesis 27:3
Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.
Genesis 27:5
Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it.
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Hebrews 11:9
By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
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Genesis 27:4
And prepare for me delicious food, such as I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.
Genesis 27:7
'Bring me game and prepare for me delicious food, that I may eat it and bless you before the Lord before I die.'
Genesis 27:9
Go to the flock and bring me two good young goats, so that I may prepare from them delicious food for your father, such as he loves.
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Hebrews 12:16
That no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.
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