Popular Bible Verses from Genesis 24

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The servant prayed to God. He prayed, ‘LORD, God of Abraham, my master, please be my guide today. Be kind to my master Abraham, as you have promised him.

I will say to one of the young women, “Please let me drink some water from your pot.” If she is the right woman for your servant Isaac to marry, please may she say, “Yes, drink. Then I will give water to your camels also.” If that happens, I will know that you have been kind to my master, as you promised.’

Isaac took Rebekah into the tent that his mother Sarah had lived in. Rebekah became Isaac's wife. And Isaac loved Rebekah. So Isaac was happy again, after the death of his mother.

As Rebekah was leaving, her brother and her mother blessed her. They said, ‘Our sister, may you become the mother of millions of descendants. May your descendants win against their enemies. May they take their enemies' cities for themselves.’

You must make a serious promise to me in front of the LORD. He is the God who rules both heaven and earth. I am living among the Canaanite people, but you must promise this to me: Do not get a Canaanite woman to be a wife for my son. Instead, you must go to my own country. Go to my family there to find a wife for my son Isaac.’