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53 The servant took out gold and silver jewelry and clothes and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave expensive presents to her brother and mother.
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Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles of clothing and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother.
54 Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they got up in the morning, he said, "Let me go back to my master."
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Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”
55 Her brother and mother replied, "Let the girl stay with us ten days or so. After that she may go."
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But her brother and her mother replied, “Let the young woman remain with us ten days or so; then you may go.”
56 He said to them, "Don't delay me now that the LORD has made my trip successful. Let me go back to my master."
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But he said to them, “Do not detain me, now that the LORD has granted success to my journey. Send me on my way so I may go to my master.”
57 So they said, "We'll call the girl and ask her."
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Then they said, “Let’s call the young woman and ask her about it.”
58 They called for Rebekah and asked her, "Will you go with this man?" She said, "Yes, I'll go."
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So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she said.
59 So they let their sister Rebekah and her nurse go with Abraham's servant and his men.
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So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
60 They gave Rebekah a blessing: "May you, our sister, become the mother of many thousands of children. May your descendants take possession of their enemies' cities."
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And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you increase to thousands upon thousands; may your offspring possess the cities of their enemies.”
61 Then Rebekah and her maids left. Riding on camels, they followed the man. The servant took Rebekah and left.
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Then Rebekah and her attendants got ready and mounted the camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
62 Isaac had just come back from Beer Lahai Roi, since he was living in the Negev.
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Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.
63 Toward evening Isaac went out into the field to meditate. When he looked up, he saw camels coming.
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He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching.
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