Gen 22:2 He said, "Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you."

Gen 22:3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

Gen 22:4 On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance.

Gen 22:5 Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there; and we will worship and return to you."

Gen 22:6 Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.

Gen 22:7 Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." And he said, "Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"

Gen 22:8 Abraham said, "God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." So the two of them walked on together.

Gen 22:9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

Gen 22:10 Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

Gen 22:11 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."

Gen 22:12 He said, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me."

Gen 22:13 Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.

Gen 22:14 Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day, "In the mount of the Lord it will be provided."

Gen 22:15 Then the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven,

Gen 22:16 and said, "By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Gen 22:17 indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.

Gen 22:18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."

Gen 22:19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham lived at Beersheba.

Gen 22:20 Now it came about after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

Gen 22:21 Uz his firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram

Gen 22:22 and Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel."

Gen 22:23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah; these eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Gen 22:24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.

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Gen 23:1 Now Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

Gen 23:2 Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

Gen 23:3 Then Abraham rose from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

Gen 23:4 "I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a burial site among you that I may bury my dead out of my sight."

Gen 23:5 The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

Gen 23:6 "Hear us, my lord, you are a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead."

Gen 23:7 So Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.

Gen 23:8 And he spoke with them, saying, "If it is your wish for me to bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and approach Ephron the son of Zohar for me,

Gen 23:9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he owns, which is at the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in your presence for a burial site."

Gen 23:10 Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth; even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,

Gen 23:11 "No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead."

Gen 23:12 And Abraham bowed before the people of the land.

Gen 23:13 He spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, "If you will only please listen to me; I will give the price of the field, accept it from me that I may bury my dead there."

Gen 23:14 Then Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

Gen 23:15 "My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead."

Gen 23:16 Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, commercial standard.

Gen 23:17 So Ephron's field, which was in Machpelah, which faced Mamre, the field and cave which was in it, and all the trees which were in the field, that were within all the confines of its border, were deeded over

Gen 23:18 to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

Gen 23:19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah facing Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

Gen 23:20 So the field and the cave that is in it, were deeded over to Abraham for a burial site by the sons of Heth.

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Gen 24:1 Now Abraham was old, advanced in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in every way.

Gen 24:2 Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he owned, "Please place your hand under my thigh,

Gen 24:3 and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,

Gen 24:4 but you will go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

Gen 24:5 The servant said to him, "Suppose the woman is not willing to follow me to this land; should I take your son back to the land from where you came?"

Gen 24:6 Then Abraham said to him, "Beware that you do not take my son back there!

Gen 24:7 The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there.

Gen 24:8 But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this my oath; only do not take my son back there."

Gen 24:9 So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

Gen 24:10 Then the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and set out with a variety of good things of his master's in his hand; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

Gen 24:11 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.

Gen 24:12 He said, "O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness to my master Abraham.

Gen 24:13 Behold, I am standing by the spring, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water;

Gen 24:14 now may it be that the girl to whom I say, 'Please let down your jar so that I may drink,' and who answers, 'Drink, and I will water your camels also'--may she be the one whom You have appointed for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness to my master."

Gen 24:15 Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor, came out with her jar on her shoulder.

Gen 24:16 The girl was very beautiful, a virgin, and no man had had relations with her; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.

Gen 24:17 Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar."

Gen 24:18 She said, "Drink, my lord"; and she quickly lowered her jar to her hand, and gave him a drink.

Gen 24:19 Now when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw also for your camels until they have finished drinking."

Gen 24:20 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran back to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.

Gen 24:21 Meanwhile, the man was gazing at her in silence, to know whether the Lord had made his journey successful or not.

Gen 24:22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half-shekel and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels in gold,

Gen 24:23 and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room for us to lodge in your father's house?"

Gen 24:24 She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor."

Gen 24:25 Again she said to him, "We have plenty of both straw and feed, and room to lodge in."

Gen 24:26 Then the man bowed low and worshiped the Lord.

Gen 24:27 He said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His lovingkindness and His truth toward my master; as for me, the Lord has guided me in the way to the house of my master's brothers."

Gen 24:28 Then the girl ran and told her mother's household about these things.

Gen 24:29 Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran outside to the man at the spring.

Gen 24:30 When he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister's wrists, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me, "he went to the man; and behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

Gen 24:31 And he said, "Come in, blessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside since I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels?"

Gen 24:32 So the man entered the house. Then Laban unloaded the camels, and he gave straw and feed to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

Gen 24:33 But when food was set before him to eat, he said, "I will not eat until I have told my business." And he said, "Speak on."

Gen 24:34 So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.

Gen 24:35 The Lord has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become rich; and He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys.

Gen 24:36 Now Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him all that he has.

Gen 24:37 My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live;

Gen 24:38 but you shall go to my father's house and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.'

Gen 24:39 I said to my master, 'Suppose the woman does not follow me.'

Gen 24:40 He said to me, 'The Lord, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you to make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father's house;

Gen 24:41 then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.'

Gen 24:42 "So I came today to the spring, and said, 'O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I go successful;

Gen 24:43 behold, I am standing by the spring, and may it be that the maiden who comes out to draw, and to whom I say, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar";

Gen 24:44 and she will say to me, "You drink, and I will draw for your camels also"; let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master's son.'

Gen 24:45 "Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew, and I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'

Gen 24:46 She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will water your camels also'; so I drank, and she watered the camels also.

Gen 24:47 Then I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' And she said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him'; and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her wrists.

Gen 24:48 And I bowed low and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.

Gen 24:49 So now if you are going to deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, let me know, that I may turn to the right hand or the left."

Gen 24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel replied, "The matter comes from the Lord; so we cannot speak to you bad or good.

Gen 24:51 Here is Rebekah before you, take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has spoken."

Gen 24:52 When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground before the Lord.

Gen 24:53 The servant brought out articles of silver and articles of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.

Gen 24:54 Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they arose in the morning, he said, "Send me away to my master."

Gen 24:55 But her brother and her mother said, "Let the girl stay with us a few days, say ten; afterward she may go."

Gen 24:56 He said to them, "Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."

Gen 24:57 And they said, "We will call the girl and consult her wishes."

Gen 24:58 Then they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go."

Gen 24:59 Thus they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse with Abraham's servant and his men.

Gen 24:60 They blessed Rebekah and said to her, "May you, our sister, Become thousands of ten thousands, And may your descendants possess The gate of those who hate them."

Gen 24:61 Then Rebekah arose with her maids, and they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.

Gen 24:62 Now Isaac had come from going to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the Negev.

Gen 24:63 Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening; and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, camels were coming.

Gen 24:64 Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she dismounted from the camel.

Gen 24:65 She said to the servant, "Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?" And the servant said, "He is my master." Then she took her veil and covered herself.

Gen 24:66 The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

Gen 24:67 Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; thus Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

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