hSee Josh. 2:17-20
Genesis 24:2-14
2And Abraham said to his servant, athe oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, b“Put your hand under my thigh, 3that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that cyou will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell, 4 dbut will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.” 5The servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman may not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?” 6Abraham said to him, “See to it that you do not take my son back there. 7The Lord, the God of heaven, ewho took me from my father’s house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and swore to me, f‘To your offspring I will give this land,’ ghe will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. 8But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then hyou will be free from this oath of mine; only you must not take my son back there.” 9So the servant iput his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.10Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose and went to jMesopotamia ▼
▼Hebrew Aram-naharaim
to the city of Nahor. 11And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when lwomen go out to draw water. 12And he said, “O Lord, mGod of my master Abraham, nplease grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham. 13Behold, oI am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. 14Let the young woman to whom I shall say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who shall say, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels’—let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. pBy this ▼▼Or By her
I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.” Genesis 24:27
27and said, “Blessed be the Lord, rthe God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken shis steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord thas led me in the way to the house of my master’s kinsmen.”Genesis 24:35-49
35The Lord uhas greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys. 36And Sarah my master’s wife vbore a son to my master when she was old, and wto him he has given all that he has. 37 xMy 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, 38but you shall go to my father’s house and to my clan and take a wife for my son.’ 39I said to my master, ‘Perhaps the woman will not follow me.’ 40But he said to me, ‘The Lord, ybefore whom I have walked, will send his angel with you and zprosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son from my clan and from my father’s house. 41Then 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.’42“I came today to the spring and said, aa‘O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now you abare prospering the way that I go, 43behold, I am standing acby the spring of water. Let the virgin who comes out to draw water, to whom I shall say, “Please give me a little water from your jar to drink,” 44 adand who will say to me, “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also,” let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.’
45“Before I had finished aespeaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her water jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’ 46She quickly let down her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels drink also.’ So I drank, and she gave the camels drink also. 47Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ afSo I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her arms. 48 agThen I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, ahthe God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way ▼
▼Or faithfully
to take ajthe daughter of my master’s kinsman for his son. 49Now then, if you are going to akshow steadfast love and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.” Genesis 35:8
8And alDeborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth. ▼▼ Allon-bacuth means oak of weeping
Genesis 39:4-6
4So Joseph anfound favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house aoand put him in charge of all that he had. 5From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house apfor Joseph’s sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field. 6So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate.Now Joseph was aqhandsome in form and appearance.
2 Kings 5:2-3
2Now the Syrians on arone of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of Naaman’s wife. 3She said to her mistress, “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.”Job 31:5
5 “If I have walked with falsehoodand my foot has hastened to deceit;
Proverbs 29:21
21Whoever pampers his servant from childhoodwill in the end find him his heir. ▼
▼The meaning of the Hebrew word rendered his heir is uncertain
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