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Machpelah purchaed.

ons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

And Abraham bowed down himelf before the people of the land.

And he pake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, aying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

And Ephron anwered Abraham, aying unto him,

My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred hekels of ilver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the ilver, which he had named in the audience of the ons of Heth, four hundred hekels of ilver, current money with the merchant.

And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made ure

Unto Abraham for a poeion in the preence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

¶ And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the ame is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made ure unto Abraham for a poeion of a buryingplace by the ons of Heth.

1 Abraham weareth his ervant to eek a wife for Iaac. 10 The ervant's journey; 12 his prayer and ign. 15 Rebekah meeteth him and fulfilleth his ign. 22 She receiveth jewels, heweth her kindred, and inviteth him home, he bleeth God. 29 Laban entertaineth him. 34 The ervant telleth his errand, and aketh for Rebekah. 50 Laban and Bethuel approve of his propoal, and on his deiring to be gone Rebekah conenteth to go with him. 62 Iaac meeteth her on her way, and bringing her home, marrieth her.

Abraham was old, and † well tricken in age: and the had bleed Abraham in all things.

And Abraham aid unto his eldet ervant of his houe, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

And I will make thee wear by the, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou halt not take a wife unto my on of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

But thou halt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my on Iaac.

And the ervant aid unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: mut I needs bring thy on again unto the land from whence thou camet?

And Abraham aid unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my on thither again.

The God of heaven, which took me from my father's houe, and from the land of my kindred, and which pake unto me, and that ware unto me, aying, Unto thy eed will I give this land; he hall end his angel before thee, and thou halt take a wife unto my on from thence.

And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou halt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my on thither again.

And the ervant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his mater, and ware to him concerning that matter.

¶ And the ervant took ten camels of the camels of his mater, and departed; ‖ for all the goods of his mater were in his hand: and he aroe, and went to Meopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time † that women go out to draw water.

¶ And he aid, O God of my mater Abraham, I pray thee, end me good peed this day, and hew kindnes unto my mater Abraham.

Behold, I tand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

And let it come to pas, that the damel to whom I hall ay, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and he hall ay, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink alo: let the ame be he that thou hat appointed for thy ervant Iaac; and thereby hall I know that thou hat hewed kindnes unto my mater.

¶ And it came to pas, before he had done peaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, on of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her houlder.

And the damel was † very fair to look