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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 dwell,
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but you shall go to my father's house and to my clan and take a wife for my son.'
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I said to my master, 'Perhaps the woman will not follow me.'
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But he said to me, 'The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son from my clan and from my father's house.
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Then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my clan. And if they will not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.'
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