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Laban entertaineth him:

upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and he went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

And the ervant ran to meet her, and aid, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

And he aid, Drink, my lord: and he hated, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

And when he had done giving him drink, he aid, I will draw water for thy camels alo, until they have done drinking.

And he hated, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the had made his journey properous or not.

¶ And it came to pas, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ‖ earring of half a hekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten hekels weight of gold;

And aid, Whoe daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's houe for us to lodge in?

And he aid unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the on of Milcah, which he bare unto Nahor.

She aid moreover unto him, We have both traw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

And the man bowed down his head, and worhipped the.

And he aid, Bleed be the God of my mater Abraham, who hath not left detitute my mater of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the  led me to the houe of my mater's brethren.

And the damel ran, and told them of her mother's houe thee things.

¶ And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

And it came to pas, when he aw the earring and bracelets upon his iter's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his iter, aying, Thus pake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he tood by the camels at the well.

And he aid, Come in, thou bleed of the ; wherefore tandet thou without? for I have prepared the houe, and room for the camels.

And the man came into the houe: and he ungirded his camels, and gave traw and provender for the camels, and water to wah his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.

And there was et meat before him to eat: but he aid, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he aid, Speak on.

¶ And he aid, I am Abraham's ervant.

And the hath bleed my mater greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and ilver, and gold, and menervants, and maidervants, and camels, and aes.

And Sarah my mater's wife bare a on to my mater when he was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

} And my mater made me wear, aying, Thou halt not take a wife to my on of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whoe land I dwell:

But thou halt go unto my father's houe, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my on.

And I aid unto my mater, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

And he aid unto me, The, before whom I walk, will end his angel with thee, and proper thy way; and thou halt take a wife for my on of my kindred, and of my father's houe:

Then halt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comet to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou halt be clear from my oath.

And I came this day unto the well, and aid, O God of my mater Abraham, if now thou do proper my way which I go:

Behold, I tand by the well of water; and it hall come to pas, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I ay to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

And he ay to me, Both drink thou, and I will alo draw for thy camels: let the ame be the woman whom the hath appointed out for my mater's on.

And before I had done peaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her houlder; and he went down unto the well, and drew water: and I aid unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

And he made hate, and let down her pitcher from her houlder, and aid, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink alo: o I drank, and he made the camels drink alo.

And I aked her, and aid, Whoe daughter art thou? And he aid, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's on, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

And I bowed down my head, and