And the man bowed himselfe and worshipped the LORde and sayde: blessed
be the LORde God of my master Abraham which ceasseth not to deale
mercyfully and truly with my master/ And hath brought me the waye to
my masters brothers house. And the damsell ranne & tolde them of her
mothers house these thinges. And Rebecca had a brother called Laban.
And Laban ranne out vnto the man/ to the well: for as soone as he had
sene the earynges and the bracelettes apon his sisters handes/ ãd
herde the wordes of Rebecca his sister saynge thus sayde the man vnto
me/ than he went out vnto the man. And loo/ he stode yet with the
camels by the well syde. And Laban sayde: come in thou blessed of the
LORde. Wherfore stondest thou without? I haue dressed the house and
made rowme for the camels. And than the mã came in to the house. And
he vnbrydeld the camels: and brought litter and prauonder for the
camels/ and water to weshe his fete and their fete that were with him/
and there was meate sett before him to eate.
[Sidenote: * God blesseth vs whẽ he geveth vs his benefites: and
curseth vs/ when he taketh them awaye.]
But he sayde: I will not eate/ vntill I haue sayde myne earẽde: And he
sayde/ saye on. And he sayde: I am Abrahãs servaunte/ & the LORDE hath
* blessed my master out of measure that he is become greate and hath
geven him shepe oxen/ syluer and golde/ menservauntes/ maydeservauntes/
camels ãd asses. And Sara my masters wyfe bare him a sonne/ whẽ she
was old: and vnto him hath he geven all that he hath.
And my master made me swere saynge: Thou shalt not take a wyfe to my
sonne/ amonge the doughters of the cananytes in whose lãde I dwell.
But thou shalt goo vnto my fathers house and to my kynred/ and there
take a wyfe vnto my sonne. And I sayde vnto my master. What yf the
wyfe will not folowe me? And he sayde vnto me: The LORde before whome
I walke/ will sende his angell with the and prosper thy iourney that
thou shalt take a wyfe for my sonne/ of my kynred and of my fathers
house. But and yf (when thou comest vnto my kynred) they will not geue
the one/ thã shalt though bere no perell of myne oothe.
And I came this daye vnto the well and sayed: O LORde/ the God of my
master Abrahã/ yf it be so that thou makest my iourney which I go/
prosperous: behold/ I stõde by this well of water/ And when a virgyn
cometh forth to drawe water/ and I saye to her: geue me a litle water
of thi pitcher to drynke/ and she saye agayne to me: dryncke thou/ and
I will also drawe water for thy camels: that same is the wife/ whom
the LORde hath prepared for my masters sonne.
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