34-41 The servant said, “I’m the servant of Abraham. God has blessed my master—he’s a great man; God has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, servants and maidservants, camels and donkeys. And then to top it off, Sarah, my master’s wife, gave him a son in her old age and he has passed everything on to his son. My master made me promise, ‘Don’t get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I live. No, go to my father’s home, back to my family, and get a wife for my son there.’ I said to my master, ‘But what if the woman won’t come with me?’ He said, ‘God before whom I’ve walked faithfully will send his angel with you and he’ll make things work out so that you’ll bring back a wife for my son from my family, from the house of my father. Then you’ll be free from the oath. If you go to my family and they won’t give her to you, you will also be free from the oath.’

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37 And my master made me swear an oath,(A) and said, ‘You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,(B) 38 but go to my father’s family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.’(C)

39 “Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’(D)

40 “He replied, ‘The Lord, before whom I have walked faithfully,(E) will send his angel with you(F) and make your journey a success,(G) so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father’s family.(H) 41 You will be released from my oath if, when you go to my clan, they refuse to give her to you—then you will be released from my oath.’(I)

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