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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 kindred, 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 walk, will send his angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father's house;
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then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my kindred; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.'
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.