Then Rebekaharosewith her maids,and they mountedthe camelsand followedthe man.So the servanttookRebekahand departed.
For thisreasona manshall leavehis fatherand his mother,and be joinedto his wife;and they shall becomeoneflesh.
They blessedRebekahand saidto her, "May you, our sister,Becomethousandsof tenthousands,And may your descendantspossessThe gateof those who hatethem."
Now Isaachad comefrom goingto Beer-lahai-roi;for he was livingin the Negev.
Now Rachelhad takenthe householdidolsand putthem in the camel'ssaddle,and she saton them. And Labanfeltthroughallthe tentbut did not find[them].
He wrotein the nameof KingAhasuerus,and sealedit with the king'ssignetring,and sentlettersby courierson horses,ridingon steedssiredby the royalstud.
The couriers,hastenedand impelledby the king'scommand,wentout, ridingon the royalsteeds;and the decreewas givenout at the citadelin Susa.
Listen,O daughter,giveattentionand inclineyour ear:Forgetyour peopleand your father'shouse;
Are they not finding,are they not dividingthe spoil?A maiden,two maidensfor everywarrior;To Siseraa spoilof dyedwork,A spoilof dyedworkembroidered,Dyedworkof double embroideryon the neckof the spoiler?'
Then Abigailquicklyarose,and rodeon a donkey,with her fivemaidenswho attendedher; and she followedthe messengersof Davidand becamehis wife.
Davidslaughteredthem from the twilightuntilthe eveningof the nextday;and not a manof them escaped,exceptfourhundredyoungmenwhorodeon camelsand fled.