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1 Abraham was now old and well advanced in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
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1 Abraham was now old and well advanced in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
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2 He said to the chief servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh.
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2 He said to the chief servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh.
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3 I want you to swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,
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3 I want you to swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,
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4 but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac."
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4 but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac."
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5 The servant asked him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?"
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5 The servant asked him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?"
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6 "Make sure that you do not take my son back there," Abraham said.
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6 "Make sure that you do not take my son back there," Abraham said.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
