Genesis 23:8   (Read all of Genesis 23)

He said to them, "If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

Genesis 23:9   (Read all of Genesis 23)

so he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you."

Genesis 23:11   (Read all of Genesis 23)

"No, my lord," he said. "Listen to me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead."

Genesis 23:13   (Read all of Genesis 23)

and he said to Ephron in their hearing, "Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there."

Genesis 23:15   (Read all of Genesis 23)

"Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead."

Genesis 24:2   (Read all of Genesis 24)

He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh.

Genesis 24:3   (Read all of Genesis 24)

I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

Genesis 24:5   (Read all of Genesis 24)

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

Genesis 24:6   (Read all of Genesis 24)

"Make sure that you do not take my son back there," Abraham said.

Genesis 24:7   (Read all of Genesis 24)

"The Lord, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land'-he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.

Genesis 24:8   (Read all of Genesis 24)

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

Genesis 24:14   (Read all of Genesis 24)

May it be that when I say to a young woman, 'Please let down your jar that I may have a 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."

Genesis 24:17   (Read all of Genesis 24)

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

Genesis 24:19   (Read all of Genesis 24)

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

Genesis 24:23   (Read all of Genesis 24)

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

Genesis 24:25   (Read all of Genesis 24)

And she added, "We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night."

Genesis 24:28   (Read all of Genesis 24)

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

Genesis 24:31   (Read all of Genesis 24)

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

Genesis 24:33   (Read all of Genesis 24)

Then food was set before him, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told you what I have to say." "Then tell us," Laban said.

Genesis 24:37   (Read all of Genesis 24)

And my master made me swear an oath, and said, 'You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,

Genesis 24:40   (Read all of Genesis 24)

"He replied, 'The Lord, before whom I have walked faithfully, will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father's family.

Genesis 24:41   (Read all of Genesis 24)

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.'

Genesis 24:42   (Read all of Genesis 24)

"When I came to the spring today, I said, 'Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which I have come.

Genesis 24:43   (Read all of Genesis 24)

See, I am standing beside this spring. If a young woman comes out to draw water and I say to her, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar,"