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Genesis 24:1-29 (TNIV)

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¹ Abraham was now very old, and the LORD had blessed him in every way. ² He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh. ³ I want you to swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living, ⁴ but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac." ⁵ 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?" ⁶ "Make sure that you do not take my son back there," Abraham said. ⁷ ⁸ If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there." ⁹ So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter. ¹⁰ 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. ¹¹ He had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water. ¹² Then he prayed, "LORD, God of my master Abraham, make me successful today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. ¹³ See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. ¹⁴ ¹⁵ Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milkah, who was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor. ¹⁶ The girl was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again. ¹⁷ The servant hurried to meet her and said, "Please give me a little water from your jar." ¹⁸ "Drink, my lord," she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink. ¹⁹ After she had given him a drink, she said, "I'll draw water for your camels too, until they have had enough to drink." ²⁰ So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels. ²¹ Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the LORD had made his journey successful. ²² When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels. ²³ Then he asked, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?" ²⁴ She answered him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milkah bore to Nahor." ²⁵ And she added, "We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night." ²⁶ Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD, ²⁷ saying, "Praise be to the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master's relatives." ²⁸ The girl ran and told her mother's household about these things. ²⁹ Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he hurried out to the man at the 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):
Aram (Ar-am): highness, magnificence, one that deceives; curse
Bethuel (Beth-yew-el): filiation of God
Rebekah (Re-bekk-a): fat; fattened; a quarrel appeased
So (Soh):