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Genesis 24:40–44

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And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:
Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for my master’s son.
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From verse 40

  1. Exodus 23:20Rank 1 from verse 40
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    20¶ Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

  2. Psalms 16:8Rank 2 from verse 40
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    8I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

  3. Exodus 33:2Rank 3 from verse 40
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    2And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

  4. Genesis 17:1Rank 4 from verse 40
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    1AND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

  5. Genesis 5:24Rank 5 from verse 40
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    24And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

  6. 1 Kings 8:23Rank 6 from verse 40
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    23And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:

  7. 2 Kings 20:3Rank 7 from verse 40
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    3I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

  8. Daniel 3:28Rank 8 from verse 40
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    28Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

  9. Genesis 24:7Rank 9 from verse 40
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    7¶ The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

  10. Genesis 48:15Rank 10 from verse 40
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    15¶ And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

  11. Genesis 5:22Rank 11 from verse 40
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    22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

  12. Genesis 6:9Rank 12 from verse 40
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    9¶ These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

  13. Hebrews 1:14Rank 13 from verse 40
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    14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

  14. Psalms 1:3Rank 14 from verse 40
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    3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

  15. Psalms 91:11Rank 15 from verse 40
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    11For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

  16. Revelation 22:16Rank 16 from verse 40
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    16I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

  17. Revelation 22:8Rank 17 from verse 40
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    8And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.

  18. 1 Kings 2:3Rank 18 from verse 40
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    3And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

From verse 41

  1. Genesis 24:8Rank 1 from verse 41
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    8And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

  2. Deuteronomy 29:12Rank 2 from verse 41
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    12That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:

From verse 42

  1. Nehemiah 1:11Rank 1 from verse 42
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    11O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.

  2. Ezra 8:21Rank 2 from verse 42
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    21¶ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

  3. Genesis 24:12–14Rank 3 from verse 42
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    12And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.

    13Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

    14And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

  4. Psalms 37:5Rank 4 from verse 42
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    5Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

  5. Psalms 90:17Rank 5 from verse 42
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    17And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

  6. Romans 1:10Rank 6 from verse 42
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    10Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

  7. Acts 10:22Rank 7 from verse 42
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    22And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.

  8. Acts 10:7–8Rank 8 from verse 42
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    7And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;

    8And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.

  9. Genesis 24:31Rank 9 from verse 42
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    31And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

  10. Genesis 39:3Rank 10 from verse 42
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    3And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

From verse 43

  1. Genesis 24:13–14Rank 1 from verse 43
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    13Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

    14And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

From verse 44

  1. Genesis 24:14Rank 1 from verse 44
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    14And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

  2. 1 Peter 3:8Rank 2 from verse 44
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    8Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

  3. 1 Timothy 2:10Rank 3 from verse 44
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    10But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

  4. Genesis 2:22Rank 4 from verse 44
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    22And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

  5. Hebrews 13:2Rank 5 from verse 44
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    2Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

  6. Isaiah 32:8Rank 6 from verse 44
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    8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

  7. Proverbs 16:33Rank 7 from verse 44
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    33The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.

  8. Proverbs 18:22Rank 8 from verse 44
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    22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

  9. Proverbs 19:14Rank 9 from verse 44
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    14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 24:40

COMBINED MEANING

before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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angel

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Sense 1: A messenger. Sense 2: A heavenly or spiritual messenger, whether holy or fallen as stated.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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prosper

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To succeed, advance, thrive, flourish, increase, or accomplish an intended purpose.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

kindred

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1. Relatives or a family or clan connected by descent. 2. By extension, a people group of shared lineage.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 24:41

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

clear

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Sense 1: Innocent or free from guilt. Sense 2: Manifest or plain. Sense 3: As a verb, to acquit.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

kindred

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1. Relatives or a family or clan connected by descent. 2. By extension, a people group of shared lineage.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 24:42

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

master

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One possessing authority, ownership, command, supervision, or superior skill: an owner, employer, household head, teacher, leader, ship commander, or lord.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

prosper

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To succeed, advance, thrive, flourish, increase, or accomplish an intended purpose.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 24:43

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

stand

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Sense 1: To be upright, rise, stop, remain, endure, take or keep a position, be established, withstand, or present oneself before another. Sense 2: A fixed position or state of stopping, as in ‘at a stand’.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

water

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Sense 1: The common liquid necessary for life. Sense 2: As a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

virgin

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Sense 1: A person who has not had sexual intercourse. Sense 2: Figuratively, a chaste person or a city or people portrayed as a maiden.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

draw

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1. To pull or drag. 2. To bring, lead, or attract. 3. To take out or extract. 4. To make a line.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

pray

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Sense 1: To ask, beseech, request, or entreat. Sense 2: To make requests or supplications to God, or address him in worship.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

pitcher

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An earthen water vessel or jug, commonly with a spout for pouring.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 24:44

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

draw

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1. To pull or drag. 2. To bring, lead, or attract. 3. To take out or extract. 4. To make a line.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

appointed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of appoint. Sense 1: To assign, designate, establish, or set for a particular purpose, office, or time. Sense 2: To supply, allot, furnish, or equip with provisions or equipment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

master

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One possessing authority, ownership, command, supervision, or superior skill: an owner, employer, household head, teacher, leader, ship commander, or lord.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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24:32¶ And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him.

24:33And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

24:34And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.

24:35And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

24:36And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

24:37And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

24:38But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

24:39And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

24:40And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:

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24:41Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

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24:42And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

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24:43Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

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24:44And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for my master’s son.

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24:45And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

24:46And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

24:47And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

24:48And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.

24:49And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

24:51Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the Lord hath spoken.

24:52And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.

24:53And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

24:54And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

24:55And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

24:56And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

24:57And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.

24:58And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

24:59And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

24:60And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

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