Quotes About Commitment

And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”

So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,

but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”

The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”

So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

“O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ëPlease let down your jar that I may drink,í and who responds, ëDrink, and I will water your camels as wellí—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.”

Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abrahamís brother Nahor.

And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.

Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”

“I am Abrahamís servant,” he replied.

My master made me swear an oath and said, ëYou shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,

but you shall go to my fatherís house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.í

Then I asked my master, ëWhat if the woman will not come back with me?í

And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.í

So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!

and she replies, ëDrink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,í may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my masterís son.

Then I asked her, ëWhose daughter are you?í She replied, ëThe daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.í So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”

When Abrahamís servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.

Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”