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Genesis 24:67

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his mother: Genesis 18:6, Genesis 18:9-10; Song of Solomon 8:2; Isaiah 54:1-5

Sarah's tent: Sarah, being dead, her tent, which, according to the custom of the east, was distinct from that of Abraham, became now appropriated to the use of Rebekah.

and took: Genesis 2:22-24; 2 Corinthians 11:1-2; Ephesians 5:22-33

comforted: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 38:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:15

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