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Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ then she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,’—let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”
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Verse 14. By this. He chose a mark which would manifest the kindness and humility of the maid, who would be a fit match for the pious Isaac. This was no vain observation. God heard his fervent prayer. Saint John Chrysostom Calmet.—It is sometimes lawful to ask a sign or miracle of God. Acts 1:24. 4:30. 1 Kennicott. 14. and so forth; but we must carefully avoid whatever the Church disapproves. Saint Augustine de Gen. ii. 17. xii. 22. Worthington.
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