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Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told about my errand." And he said, "Speak on."
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So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.
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The Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
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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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Now 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 family, and take a wife for my son.'
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And I said to my master, 'Perhaps the woman will not follow me.'
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But he said to me, 'The Lord, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my family and from my father's house.
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You will be clear from this oath when you arrive among my family; for if they will not give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.'
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"And this day I came to the well and said, 'O Lord God of my master Abraham, if You will now prosper the way in which I go,
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behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass that when the virgin comes out to draw water, and I say to her, "Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,"