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2 Abraham said to the senior servant of his household who was in charge of all that he owned: »Take a solemn oath.
3 »I want you to swear by Jehovah God of heaven and earth that you will not get my son a wife from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living.
4 »Instead, you will go to the land of my relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.«
5 The servant asked: »What if the young woman will not leave home to come with me to this land? Shall I send your son back to the land you came from?«
6 Abraham answered: »Make sure that you do not send my son back there!
7 »Jehovah, the God of heaven, took me from my father’s house and from the land of my birth. He spoke to me and swore to me. He said: I will give this land to your descendants. He will send his angel before you. You will take a wife for my son from there.
8 »You will be free from this oath if the woman is not willing to follow you. Only do not take my son back there.«
9 The servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master. He swore to him concerning this matter.
10 The servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and then set out with a variety of good things of his master’s in his hand. He arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
11 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at evening time. This is the time when women go out to draw water.
12 He said: »O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today. Show loving-kindness to my master Abraham.
13 »I am standing by the spring. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
14 »Let there be the girl to whom I say: ‘Please let down your jar so that I may drink,' and who answers: 'Drink, and I will water your camels also.' May she be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown loving-kindness to my master.«