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Rebekah goeth with Abraham's ervant.

worhipped the, and bleed the God of my mater Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my mater's brother's daughter unto his on.

And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my mater, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

¶ Then Laban and Bethuel anwered and aid, The thing proceedeth from the : we cannot peak unto thee bad or good.

Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy mater's on's wife, as the hath poken.

And it came to pas, that, when Abraham's ervant heard their words, he worhipped the, bowing himelf to the earth.

And the ervant brought forth † jewels of ilver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave alo to her brother and to her mother precious things.

And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they roe up in the morning, and he aid, Send me away unto my mater.

And her brother and her mother aid, Let the damel abide with us ‖ a few days, at the leat ten; after that he hall go.

And he aid unto them, Hinder me not, eeing the hath propered my way; end me away that I may go to my mater.

And they aid, We will call the damel, and enquire at her mouth.

And they called Rebekah, and aid unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And he aid, I will go.

And they ent away Rebekah their iter, and her nure, and Abraham's ervant, and his men.

And they bleed Rebekah, and aid unto her, Thou art our iter, be thou the mother of thouands of millions, and let thy eed poes the gate of thoe which hate them.

And Rebekah aroe, and her damels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the ervant took Rebekah, and went his way.

¶ And Iaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the outh country.

And Iaac went out ‖ to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and aw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when he aw Iaac, he lighted off the camel.

For he had aid unto the ervant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the ervant had aid, It is my mater: therefore he took a vail, and covered herelf.

And the ervant told Iaac all things that he had done.

And Iaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and he became his wife; and he loved her: and Iaac was comforted after his mother's death.

1 The ons of Abraham by Keturah. 5 The diviion of his goods. 7 His age, death, and burial. 11 God bleeth Iaac. 12 The generations of Ihmael, his age, and death. 19 Iaac's decent and alliance by marriage. 21 Rebekah being barren, he prayeth for her; he conceiveth; the children trive in her womb, which is a token of the future fortunes of their poterity. 24 The birth of Eau and Jacob. 27 The difference of their life and manners. 29 Eau elleth his birthright to Jacob.

again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

And he bare him Zimran, and Jokhan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ihbak, and Shuah.

And Jokhan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the ons of Dedan were Ashurim, and Letuhim, and Leummim.

And the ons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All thee were the children of Keturah.

¶ And Abraham gave all that he had unto Iaac.

But unto the ons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and ent them away from Iaac his on, while he yet lived, eatward, unto the eat country.

¶ And thee are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threecore and fifteen years.

Then Abraham gave up the ghot, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

And his ons Iaac and Ihmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the on of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

The field which Abraham purchaed of the ons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

¶ And it came to pas after the death of Abraham, that God bleed his on Iaac; and Iaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.

¶ Now thee are the generations of