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Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban, and Laban ran out to the man by the well.
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So it came to pass, when he saw the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister's wrists, and when he heard the words of his sister Rebekah, saying, "Thus the man spoke to me," that he went to the man. And there he stood by the camels at the well.
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And he said, "Come in, O blessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels."
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Then the man came to the house. And he unloaded the camels, and provided straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
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Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told about my errand." And he said, "Speak on."
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So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.
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The Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
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And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old; and to him he has given all that he has.
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Now my 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;
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but you shall go to my father's house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.'
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And I said to my master, 'Perhaps the woman will not follow me.'