pick the best and most capable of your master’s sons, place him on his father’s throne, and defend your master’s dynasty.”

saying “Praised be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love for my master! The Lord has led me to the house of my master’s relatives!”

My master’s wife Sarah bore a son to him when she was old, and my master has given him everything he owns.

You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you.

Small and great are there, and the slave is free from his master.

If his master gave him a wife, and she bore sons or daughters, the wife and the children will belong to her master, and he will go out by himself.

I gave you your master’s house, and put your master’s wives into your arms. I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all that somehow seems insignificant, I would have given you so much more as well!

Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

But I said to my master, ‘What if the woman does not want to go with me?’

Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all kinds of gifts from his master at his disposal. He journeyed to the region of Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor.

Then I bowed down and worshiped the Lord. I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right path to find the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.

He prayed, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham.

Charge them to give their masters a message from me. Tell them, ‘The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says to give your masters this message.

They came and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are about to die!” So he got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they died down, and it was calm.

So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.

“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become the wife of your master’s son, just as the Lord has decided.”

Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul’s attendant, and said to him, “Everything that belonged to Saul and to his entire house I hereby give to your master’s grandson.

Certainly you will not refuse one of my master’s minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.