Genesis 24
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Genesis 24:12-20

12Then he prayed, “Lord, God of my master Abraham, make me successful today. Show your kindness to Abraham.

13Here I am standing by the spring, and the girls of the city are coming out to draw water.

14I will ask a girl, ‘May I please have a drink from your jar?’ If she answers, ‘Have a drink, and I’ll also water your camels,’ let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. This way I’ll know that you’ve shown your kindness to my master.”

15Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

16The girl was a very attractive virgin. No man had ever had sexual intercourse with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came back.

17The servant ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a drink of water.”

18“Drink, sir,” she said. She quickly lowered her jar to her hand and gave him a drink.

19When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I’ll also keep drawing water for your camels until they’ve had enough to drink.”

20So she quickly emptied her jar into the water trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.

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