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35 “And Jehovah has overwhelmed my master with blessings so that he is a great man among the people of his land. God has given him flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, and a fortune in silver and gold, and many slaves and camels and donkeys.

36 “Now when Sarah, my master’s wife, was very old, she gave birth to my master’s son, and my master has given him everything he owns. 37 And my master made me promise not to let Isaac marry one of the local girls,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:37 local girls, literally, “daughters of the Canaanites.”

35 The Lord has blessed(A) my master abundantly,(B) and he has become wealthy.(C) He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.(D) 36 My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age,(E) and he has given him everything he owns.(F) 37 And my master made me swear an oath,(G) and said, ‘You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,(H)

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