Genesis 24:42

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So today I came to the spring and prayed, 'Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you are making my journey successful,

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  • Neh 1:11 : 11 O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Grant success to your servant today and show him mercy in the presence of this man. I was the cupbearer to the king.
  • Ps 37:5 : 5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will act.
  • Ps 90:17 : 17 Let the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us—yes, establish the work of our hands.
  • Acts 10:7-8 : 7 When the angel who spoke to Cornelius had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants. 8 After describing everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
  • Acts 10:22 : 22 They replied, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man who is well-spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear what you have to say.'
  • Rom 1:10 : 10 always in my prayers, asking that if it is somehow in God's will, I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
  • Gen 24:12-14 : 12 Then he prayed, "Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show kindness to my master Abraham." 13 "See, I am standing here by the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. 14 May it be that when I say to a young woman, 'Please let down your jar so that I may drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I'll water your camels too,' let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."
  • Gen 24:31 : 31 He said, "Come, you who are blessed by the Lord! Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels."
  • Gen 39:3 : 3 His master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did.
  • Ezra 8:21 : 21 I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from Him a safe journey for us, our children, and all our possessions.

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  • Gen 24:11-21
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    11He had the camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.

    12Then he prayed, "Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show kindness to my master Abraham."

    13"See, I am standing here by the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

    14May it be that when I say to a young woman, 'Please let down your jar so that I may drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I'll water your camels too,' let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."

    15Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother.

    16The young woman was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.

    17The servant hurried to meet her and said, "Please give me a little water from your jar."

    18"Drink, my lord," she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

    19After she had given him a drink, she said, "I'll draw water for your camels too, until they have had enough to drink."

    20So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.

    21Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to see whether the Lord had made his journey successful or not.

  • Gen 24:43-46
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    43see, I am standing beside this spring. If a young woman comes out to draw water and I say to her, "Please give me a little water from your jar to drink,"

    44and she says to me, "Drink, and I will draw water for your camels too," let her be the one the Lord has chosen for my master's son.'

    45Before I had finished speaking to myself, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, drew water, and I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'

    46She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, 'Drink, and I will water your camels also.' So I drank, and she also watered the camels.

  • Gen 24:48-49
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    81%

    48Then I bowed down and worshiped the Lord. I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right path to take the daughter of my master’s kinsman for his son.

    49Now if you are willing to show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me. If not, tell me, so that I may turn to the right or to the left.

  • Gen 24:37-41
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    37My master made me swear an oath, saying, 'You must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live.

    38Instead, you must go to my father's household and to my family to take a wife for my son.'

    39Then I said to my master, 'What if the woman does not come back with me?'

    40He answered me, 'The Lord, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey successful, so that you can take a wife for my son from my family and my father's household.

    41'You will be released from my oath if you go to my family and they refuse to give her to you. Then you will be free from my oath.'

  • Gen 24:27-28
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    27He said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his steadfast love and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives."

    28The young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

  • Gen 18:3
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    3He said, 'My Lord, if I have found favor in Your sight, please do not pass by Your servant.'

  • Gen 24:34-35
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    34So he said, "I am Abraham’s servant.

    35The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

  • Gen 24:4-5
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    4Instead, go to my country and my kindred to choose a wife for my son Isaac.

    5The servant said to him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Should I then take your son back to the land you came from?"

  • Gen 24:56-58
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    56But he said to them, 'Do not delay me. The Lord has given success to my journey. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.'

    57Then they said, 'Let’s call the young woman and ask her about it.'

    58So they called Rebekah and asked her, 'Will you go with this man?' She replied, 'I will go.'

  • Gen 24:7-8
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    7The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's household and my native land, who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' will send His angel before you so that you can find a wife for my son there.

    8If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. But do not take my son back there."

  • Gen 24:30-32
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    30As soon as he saw the nose ring and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and heard Rebekah tell what the man had said to her, he went out to the man and found him standing by the camels at the spring.

    31He said, "Come, you who are blessed by the Lord! Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels."

    32So the man went into the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and fodder were given to the camels, and water was provided to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

  • Gen 24:62
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    62Now Isaac had come from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.

  • Gen 24:51-52
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    51Here is Rebekah; take her and go. Let her become the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has spoken.

    52When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.

  • Gen 26:32
    73%

    32That same day, Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug, saying, "We have found water!"

  • Gen 24:23
    73%

    23Then he asked, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"

  • Gen 24:66
    72%

    66Then the servant recounted to Isaac everything he had done.

  • Gen 24:54
    72%

    54Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, 'Send me on my way to my master.'

  • Gen 26:24
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    24That night the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham."

  • Gen 24:2
    72%

    2Abraham said to his servant, the eldest in his household who managed all he owned, "Please, place your hand under my thigh.