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Ferrar Fentons 'Holy Bible in Modern English. All spelling, punctuation and formatting maintained through-out. Verse ordering follows the King James version for clarity and necessary organization of the verses.

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AMP GEN 24:1 NOW ABRAHAM was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
AMP GEN 24:2 And Abraham said to the eldest servant of his house [Eliezer of Damascus], who ruled over all that he had, I beg of you, put your hand under my thigh; [Gen 15:2]
AMP GEN 24:3 And you shall swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I have settled,
AMP GEN 24:4 But you shall go to my country and to my relatives and take a wife for my son Isaac.
AMP GEN 24:5 The servant said to him, But perhaps the woman will not be willing to come along after me to this country. Must I take your son to the country from which you came?
AMP GEN 24:6 Abraham said to him, See to it that you do not take my son back there.
AMP GEN 24:7 The Lord, the God of heaven, Who took me from my father's house, from the land of my family and my birth, Who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, To your offspring I will give this land--He will send His Angel before you, and you will take a wife from there for my son.
AMP GEN 24:8 And if the woman should not be willing to go along after you, then you will be clear from this oath; only you must not take my son back there.
AMP GEN 24:9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.
AMP GEN 24:10 And the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, taking some of all his master's treasures with him; thus he journeyed to Mesopotamia [between the Tigris and the Euphrates], to the city of Nahor [Abraham's brother].
AMP GEN 24:11 And he made his camels to kneel down outside the city by a well of water at the time of the evening when women go out to draw water.
AMP GEN 24:12 And he said, O Lord, God of my master Abraham, I pray You, cause me to meet with good success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
AMP GEN 24:13 See, I stand here by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming to draw water.
AMP GEN 24:14 And let it so be that the girl to whom I say, I pray you, let down your jar that I may drink, and she replies, Drink, and I will give your camels drink also--let her be the one whom You have selected and appointed and indicated for Your servant Isaac [to be a wife to him]; and by it I shall know that You have shown kindness and faithfulness to my master.
AMP GEN 24:15 Before he had finished speaking, behold, out came Rebekah, who was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor the brother of Abraham, with her water jar on her shoulder.
AMP GEN 24:16 And the girl was very beautiful and attractive, chaste and modest, and unmarried. And she went down to the well, filled her water jar, and came up.
AMP GEN 24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, I pray you, let me drink a little water from your water jar.
AMP GEN 24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord; and she quickly let down her jar onto her hand and gave him a drink.
AMP GEN 24:19 When she had given him a drink, she said, I will draw water for your camels also, until they finish drinking.
AMP GEN 24:20 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well and drew water for all his camels.
AMP GEN 24:21 The man stood gazing at her in silence, waiting to know if the Lord had made his trip prosperous.
AMP GEN 24:22 And when the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold earring or nose ring of half a shekel in weight, and for her hands two bracelets of ten shekels in weight in gold,
AMP GEN 24:23 And said, Whose daughter are you? I pray you, tell me: Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge there?
AMP GEN 24:24 And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah and [her husband] Nahor.
AMP GEN 24:25 She said also to him, We have both straw and provender (fodder) enough, and also room in which to lodge.
AMP GEN 24:26 The man bowed down his head and worshiped the Lord
AMP GEN 24:27 And said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, Who has not left my master bereft and destitute of His loving-kindness and steadfastness. As for me, going on the way [of obedience and faith] the Lord led me to the house of my master's kinsmen.
AMP GEN 24:28 The girl related to her mother's household what had happened.
AMP GEN 24:29 Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban, and Laban ran out to the man at the well.
AMP GEN 24:30 For when he saw the earring or nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister's arms, and when he heard Rebekah his sister saying, The man said this to me, he went to the man and found him standing by the camels at the well.
AMP GEN 24:31 He cried, Come in, you blessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside? For I have made the house ready and have prepared a place for the camels.
AMP GEN 24:32 So the man came into the house; and [Laban] ungirded his camels and gave straw and provender for the camels and water to bathe his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
AMP GEN 24:33 A meal was set before him, but he said, I will not eat until I have told of my errand. And [Laban] said, Speak on.
AMP GEN 24:34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
AMP GEN 24:35 And the Lord has blessed my master mightily, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks, herds, silver, gold, menservants, maidservants, camels, and asses.
AMP GEN 24:36 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.
AMP GEN 24:37 And my master made me swear, saying, You must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell,
AMP GEN 24:38 But you shall go to my father's house and to my family and take a wife for my son.
AMP GEN 24:39 And I said to my master, But suppose the woman will not follow me.
AMP GEN 24:40 And he said to me, The Lord, in Whose presence I walk [habitually], will send His Angel with you and prosper your way, and you will take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father's house.
AMP GEN 24:41 Then you shall be clear from my oath, when you come to my kindred; and if they do not give her to you, you shall be free and innocent of my oath.
AMP GEN 24:42 I came today to the well and said, O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if You are now causing me to go on my way prosperously--
AMP GEN 24:43 See, I am standing by the well of water; now let it be that when the maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, I pray you, give me a little water from your [water] jar to drink,
AMP GEN 24:44 And if she says to me, You drink, and I will draw water for your camels also, let that same woman be the one whom the Lord has selected and indicated for my master's son.
AMP GEN 24:45 And before I had finished praying in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her [water] jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, I pray you, let me have a drink.
AMP GEN 24:46 And she quickly let down her [water] jar from her shoulder and said, Drink, and I will water your camels also. So I drank, and she gave the camels drink also.
AMP GEN 24:47 I asked her, Whose daughter are you? She said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him. And I put the earring or nose ring on her face and the bracelets on her arms.
AMP GEN 24:48 And I bowed down my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, Who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter to his son.
AMP GEN 24:49 And now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master [showing faithfulness to him], tell me; and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right or to the left.
AMP GEN 24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered, The thing comes forth from the Lord; we cannot speak bad or good to you.
AMP GEN 24:51 Rebekah is before you; take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has said.
AMP GEN 24:52 And when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground before the Lord.
AMP GEN 24:53 And the servant brought out jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and garments and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and her mother.
AMP GEN 24:54 Then they ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed there all night. And in the morning they arose, and he said. Send me away to my master.
AMP GEN 24:55 But [Rebekah's] brother and mother said, Let the girl stay with us a few days--at least ten; then she may go.
AMP GEN 24:56 But [the servant] said to them, Do not hinder and delay me, seeing that the Lord has caused me to go prosperously on my way. Send me away, that I may go to my master.
AMP GEN 24:57 And they said, We will call the girl and ask her [what is] her desire.
AMP GEN 24:58 So they called Rebekah and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go.
AMP GEN 24:59 So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse [Deborah] and Abraham's servant and his men.
AMP GEN 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, You are our sister; may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your posterity possess the gate of their enemies.
AMP GEN 24:61 And Rebekah and her maids arose and followed the man upon their camels. Thus the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.
AMP GEN 24:62 Now Isaac had returned from going to the well Beer-lahai-roi [A well to the Living One Who sees me], for he [now] dwelt in the South country (the Negeb).
AMP GEN 24:63 And Isaac went out to meditate and bow down [in prayer] in the open country in the evening; and he looked up and saw that, behold, the camels were coming.
AMP GEN 24:64 And Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel.
AMP GEN 24:65 For she [had] said to the servant, Who is that man walking across the field to meet us? And the servant [had] said, He is my master. So she took a veil and concealed herself with it.
AMP GEN 24:66 And the servant told Isaac everything that he had done.
AMP GEN 24:67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her; thus Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.




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AKJV ROM 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?



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