Before
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Before
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ſons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
12 And Abraham bowed down himſelf before the people of the land.
13 And he ſpake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, ſaying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
14 And Ephron anſwered Abraham, ſaying unto him,
15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred [1] ſhekels of ſilver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham [2] weighed to Ephron the ſilver, which he had named in the audience of the ſons of Heth, four hundred ſhekels of ſilver, current money with the merchant.
17 And [3] the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made ſure
18 Unto Abraham for a poſſeſſion in the preſence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
19 ¶ And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the ſame is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, [4] were made ſure unto Abraham for a poſſeſſion of a buryingplace by the ſons of Heth.
CHAP. XXIV.
1 Abraham ſweareth his ſervant to ſeek a wife for Iſaac. 10 The ſervant's journey; 12 his prayer and ſign. 15 Rebekah meeteth him and fulfilleth his ſign. 22 She receiveth jewels, ſheweth her kindred, and inviteth him home, he bleſſeth God. 29 Laban entertaineth him. 34 The ſervant telleth his errand, and aſketh for Rebekah. 50 Laban and Bethuel approve of his propoſal, and on his deſiring to be gone Rebekah conſenteth to go with him. 62 Iſaac meeteth her on her way, and bringing her home, marrieth her.
1857.And Abraham [5] was old, and †† Heb. gone into days. well ſtricken in age: and the LORD [6] had bleſſed Abraham in all things.
2 And Abraham ſaid [7] unto his eldeſt ſervant of his houſe, that [8] ruled over all that he had, [9] Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
3 And I will make thee [10] ſwear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that [11] thou ſhalt not take a wife unto my ſon of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
4 [12] But thou ſhalt go [13] unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my ſon Iſaac.
5 And the ſervant ſaid unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: muſt I needs bring thy ſon again unto the land from whence thou cameſt?
6 And Abraham ſaid unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my ſon thither again.
7 The LORD God of heaven, which [14] took me from my father's houſe, and from the land of my kindred, and which ſpake unto me, and that ſware unto me, ſaying, [15] Unto thy ſeed will I give this land; [16] he ſhall ſend his angel before thee, and thou ſhalt take a wife unto my ſon from thence.
8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then [17] thou ſhalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my ſon thither again.
9 And the ſervant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his maſter, and ſware to him concerning that matter.
10 ¶ And the ſervant took ten camels of the camels of his maſter, and departed; ‖‖ Or, and. [18] for all the goods of his maſter were in his hand: and he aroſe, and went to Meſopotamia, unto [19] the city of Nahor.
11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time †† Heb. that women which draw water go forth. [20] that women go out to draw water.
12 ¶ And he ſaid, [21] O LORD God of my maſter Abraham, I pray thee, [22] ſend me good ſpeed this day, and ſhew kindneſs unto my maſter Abraham.
13 Behold, [23] I ſtand here by the well of water; [24] and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
14 And let it come to paſs, that the damſel to whom I ſhall ſay, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and ſhe ſhall ſay, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink alſo: let the ſame be ſhe that thou haſt appointed for thy ſervant Iſaac; and [25] thereby ſhall I know that thou haſt ſhewed kindneſs unto my maſter.
15 ¶ And it came to paſs, before he had done ſpeaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, ſon of [26] Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her ſhoulder.
16 And the damſel [27] was †† Heb. good of countenance. very fair to look- ↑ Exod. 30. 15.
Ezek. 45. 12. - ↑ Jer. 32. 9.
- ↑ ch. 25. 9. & 49. 30, 31, 32. & 50. 13.
Acts 7. 16. - ↑ See Ruth 4. 7, 8, 9, 10.
Jer. 32. 10, 11. - ↑ ch. 18. 11, & 21. 5.
- ↑ ch. 13. 2.
ver. 35.
Pſ. 112. 3.
Prov. 10. 22. - ↑ ch. 15. 2.
- ↑ ver. 10.
ch. 39, 4, 5, 6. - ↑ ch. 47. 29.
1 Chron. 29. 24.
Lam. 5. 6. - ↑ ch. 14. 22.
Deut. 6. 13.
Joſh. 2. 12. - ↑ ch. 26. 35. & 27. 46. & 28. 2.
Ex. 34. 16.
Deut. 7. 3. - ↑ ch. 18. 2.
- ↑ ch. 12. 1.
- ↑ ch. 12. 1, 7.
- ↑ ch. 12. 7. & 13. 15. & 15. 18. & 17. 8.
Ex. 32. 13.
Deut. 1. 8 & 34. 4.
Acts 7. 5. - ↑ Exod. 23. 20, 23. & 33. 2.
Heb. 1. 14. - ↑ Joſh. 2. 17, 20.
- ↑ ver. 2.
- ↑ ch. 27. 43.
- ↑ Ex. 2. 16.
1 Sam. 9. 11. - ↑ ver. 27.
ch. 26. 24. & 28. 13. & 31. 9.
Ex. 3. 6, 15. - ↑ Neh. 1. 11.
Pſ. 37. 5. - ↑ ver. 43.
- ↑ ch. 29. 9.
Ex. 2. 16. - ↑ See Judg. 6. 17, 37.
1 Sam. 6. 7. & 14. 8. & 20. 7.
1 Mac. 5. 40. - ↑ ch. 11. 29. & 22. 23.
- ↑ ch. 26. 7.
