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Genesis 24:1-29 (Basic)

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¹ Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure. ² And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg: ³ And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living; ⁴ But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac. ⁵ And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came? ⁶ And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land. ⁷ The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land. ⁸ And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there. ⁹ And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing. ¹⁰ And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor. ¹¹ And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water. ¹² And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham. ¹³ See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get water: ¹⁴ Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you hav ¹⁵ And even before his words were ended, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water-vessel on her arm. ¹⁶ She was a very beautiful girl, a virgin, who had never been touched by a man: and she went down to the spring to get water in her vessel. ¹⁷ And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel. ¹⁸ And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink. ¹⁹ And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough. ²⁰ And after putting the water from her vessel into the animals' drinking-place, she went quickly back to the spring and got water for all the camels. ²¹ And the man, looking at her, said nothing, waiting to see if the Lord had given his journey a good outcome. ²² And when the camels had had enough, the man took a gold nose-ring, half a shekel in weight, and two ornaments for her arms of ten shekels weight of gold; ²³ And said to her, Whose daughter are you? is there room in your father's house for us? ²⁴ And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, Nahor's wife. ²⁵ And she said, We have a great store of dry grass and cattle-food, and there is room for you. ²⁶ And with bent head the man gave worship to the Lord; ²⁷ And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family. ²⁸ So the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house ²⁹ Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he came out quickly to the man at the water-spring.

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 1) Genesis 24 - Search for the Bride of Isaac (part I) (2014-05-30)
(v. 3) Genesis 24 - Eliezer: Profile of a True Servant (2015-01-07)
(v. 4) Genesis 24 - Search for the Bride of Isaac (part I) (2014-05-30)
(v. 5) Genesis 24 - Eliezer: Profile of a True Servant (2015-01-07)
(v. 8) Genesis 24 - Search for the Bride of Isaac (part I) (2014-05-30)
(v. 9) Dependability (2015-10-20)
(v. 9) Genesis 24 - Eliezer: Profile of a True Servant (2015-01-07)
(v. 10) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 10) Dependability (2015-10-20)
(v. 11) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 12) Genesis 24 - Search for the Bride of Isaac (part II) (2014-05-31)
(v. 12) Genesis 24 - Eliezer: Profile of a True Servant (2015-01-07)
(v. 12) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 13) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 14) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 14) Genesis 24 - Eliezer: Profile of a True Servant (2015-01-07)
(v. 14) Genesis 24 - Search for the Bride of Isaac (part II) (2014-05-31)
(v. 15) Genesis 24 - Search for the Bride of Isaac (part II) (2014-05-31)
(v. 15) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 16) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 17) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 18) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 19) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 20) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 21) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 21) Genesis 24 - Search for the Bride of Isaac (part II) (2014-05-31)
(v. 21) Genesis 24 - Eliezer: Profile of a True Servant (2015-01-07)
(v. 22) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 23) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 24) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 25) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 26) Genesis 24 - Eliezer: Profile of a True Servant (2015-01-07)
(v. 26) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 27) What Say You? (2015-09-17)
(v. 27) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 1) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part I) (2014-06-01)
(v. 4) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part I) (2014-06-01)
(v. 8) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part I) (2014-06-01)
(v. 10) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 11) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 12) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 12) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 13) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 14) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 14) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 15) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 15) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 16) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 17) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 18) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 19) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 20) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 21) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 21) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)
(v. 22) Teachers Worship: Genesis 24 (part II) (2014-06-08)

Definition(s):
Abraham (Ab-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
Abraham (Ehb-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
Isaac (Eye-zakk): laughter
Rebekah (Re-bekk-a): fat; fattened; a quarrel appeased
Canaanites (Kehn-an-ights):
So (Soh):