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I am Abrahams steward, he said. 35 YHWH has greatly blessed Abraham. He is now a wealthy person. God has given him flocks, herds, silver, gold, attendants, camels, and donkeys. 36 Sarah, Abrahams spouse, bore a son late in life, and he is Abrahams heir. 37 Abraham swore me by an oath, saying, You must not allow my son to marry any of the Canaanites, in whose land we live. 38 Go to the land of my mother and father, to my kin, to find a spouse for Isaac.
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Today, when I came to the spring, I prayed, O God of my elder Abraham, let my journey be a successful one. Let it happen like this 43 here I am at the spring, and when a young woman comes to draw water, I will ask her, Please let me have a drink of water from the spring. 44 If she answers, Have a drink, and I will water your camels as well, let it be that she is the woman whom YHWH has chosen to become the spouse of Abrahams heir Isaac. 45 Before I had finished praying, I saw Rebecca approaching the spring, shouldering her water jar. She went down to the spring to draw water, and I asked her, May I please have a drink of water? 46 She immediately put the jar into the spring and said, Drink, and Ill water your camels as well. So I drank while she watered the camels.
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Then I asked her about her parentage. She replied, I am the daughter of Bethuel, ben-Milcah and Nahor; whereupon I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms, 48 and I bowed down and worshipped YHWH. I praised YHWH, the God of my elder Abraham, who led me to the right place to find the granddaughter of Abrahams brother for isaac. 49 Please tell me that you will show this kindness and loyalty to Abraham! if not, just say so, and I will go to other places.
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They called Rebecca and put the question to her. She replied, Yes, I am ready to leave. 59 So Rebecca and her attendant went with Abrahams steward and his entourage.
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They blessed Rebecca and said to her: You are our sister, and you will increase to thousands and tens of thousands! May your descendants take possession of the gates of their foes!

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Rebecca and her attendants got ready, then mounted their camels to follow Abrahams steward. The steward took Rebecca, and they set off on their journey.

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Isaac had gone to live in the region of the Negev, and came to the Well of the Living One Who Sees Me. 63 One day toward evening he went out in the field to meditate, and as he looked around, he saw that camels were approaching.
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When Rebecca saw Isaac, she alighted from her camel 65 and asked the steward, Who is that man out there, walking through the field toward us? That is indeed Isaac, he replied. She then covered herself with her veil.
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The steward recounted to Isaac all that had been done. 67 Then Isaac led Rebecca into Sarahs tent, and she became his wife, and he loved her. That is how Isaac was comforted after the loss of his mother.

Psalm 45:10-17
1 My heart is stirred with this sweet melody; I serenade you with my verse, my leader: my tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer. Over all the earth, you are the most stately in manner, and the most charming of speakers, because God has blessed you forever. Gird your sword upon your thigh, my champion, triumph by your splendor and subdue by your grandeur! In your majesty ride forth for the cause of truth and the defense of the just. Let your right hand proclaim your awesome deeds! Your arrows are sharp; they pierce the hearts of your enemies and make the nations cower before you. For God has enthroned you forever and ever, and your royal scepter is a rod of justice. And because you love justice and hate corruption, God, your God, has set you above your companions and anointed you with the oil of gladness. Your robes are all fragrant with myrrh, aloes and cassia. Stringed instruments entertain you in ivory palaces. Daughters of dignitaries are in your retinue, and at your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir. Listen, my daughter! Give this your full attention: forget your country and your ancestral home.

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Song of Solomon 2:8-13

8 9 Here comes my lover, running down the mountains like a gazelle, leaping the hills like a stag in search of his doe. Look at him, standing out there staring in through the window lattices like the moon. He is calling me: Come, sweetheart, my pretty one, come out! Winter is over, the rains are gone, 12 the flowers are blooming. its time for singing; lets walk out through the valleys and listen to the song of the dove. The fig trees are setting fruit; and the air is full of the smell of grape blossoms. Arise and come, my pretty darling. come away with me.

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Romans 7:15-25a
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I dont understand what I dofor I dont do the things I want to do, but rather the things I hate. 16 And if I do the very thing I dont want to do, I am agreeing that the Law is good. 17 Consequently, what is happening in me is not really me, but sin living in me.
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I know that no good dwells in me, that is, in my human nature; the desire to do right is there, but not the power. 19 What happens is that I dont do the good I intend to do, but the evil I do not intend. 20 But if I do what is against my will, it is not I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 21 This means that even though I want to do what is right, a law that leads to wrongdoing is always at hand. 22 My inner self joyfully agrees with the law of God, 23 but I see in my bodys members another law, in opposition to the law of my mind; this makes me the prisoner of the law of sin in my members.
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How wretched I am! Who can free me from this body under the power of death? Thanks be to Godit is Jesus Christ our Savior!

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What comparison can I make with this generation? They are like children shouting to others as they sit in the marketplace, 17 We piped you a tune, but you wouldnt dance. We sang you a dirge, but you wouldnt mourn. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He is possessed. 19 The Chosen One comes, eating and drinking, and they say, This one is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners. Wisdom will be vindicated by her own actions.
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Then Jesus prayed, Abba God, Creator of heaven and earth, to you I offer praise; for what you have hidden from the learned and the clever, you have revealed to the youngest children. 26 Yes, Abba, everything is as you want it to be.

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Jesus continued, Everything has been handed over to me by Abba God. No one knows the Only Begotten except Abba God. and no one knows Abba God except the Only Begotten and those to whom the Only Begotten wants to give that revelation. Come to me, all you who labor and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon your shoulders wand learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart. here you will find rest for your souls, For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

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