...Before Eliezer would swear, he mentioned to Abraham a difficulty, that might occur. " Perrtdventure, the woman will not be willing to follow me into this land." How am I to act, if this be the case ! Must I needs bring thy son again, into the land from whence...

...of Abraham saw with a clearer eye, and decided with a better judgment. The servant said unto him, " Peradventure, the woman will not be willing to follow me into this land, must I need bring thy son again into the land from whence thou comest? And Abraham said, Beware that...

...shoulder." And they one by one let down their pitchers ; the bearded men knelt WOMEN DR AWING WATER. 317 to indulge in the draught they asked for. At such...read, — " She hasted and emptied her pitcher into 318 UNCHANGING MANNERS OF ARAB WOMEN. the trough." The pitcher itself, as may be seen from the Nineveh...

...would be fraught with the most serious results to the Hebrew nation. " And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me into this land : must I needs bring thy son again into the land from whence thou earnest ? And Abraham said unto him,...

...successful ; my eloquence may not be sufficiently persuasive to overcome a natural reluctance — " peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me into this land," and then, what will become of my oath and my obligation to you ? Abraham well knew that the arrangement...

...steward into Mesopotamia to choose a wife for his son Isaac. The man made one very sensible objection. ' Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me into this land.' It seemed a very possible case. Here was a long, dangerous journey to be taken, and an unknown home...

...now a stranger. Well, Eliezer before accepting so important an office makes a sensible enquiry — " Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me into this land must I needs bring thy son again into the land from whence thou earnest? He would say, I may select...

...them, but rather from his own relations. [SEPT. 18, 1874. to be so, and said to his master, " Perhaps the •woman will not' be willing to follow me into this land." But Abraham trusted in the Lord as he had always done, and said to his servant, " The Lord God of heaven,...

...and to my home shall thou go and take a icife for my son Isaac. And his servant said to him : Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me into this land — must I then take lack thy son into the land whence tliou earnest ? And AlraJutm said unto him :...

...Haran, where he himself had dwelt before he came into the land of Canaan. Then Eliezer answered, " Haply the woman will not be willing to follow me into this land : must I bring thy son again into the land from which thou earnest out ? " Abraham said, " Beware that...