When he finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

Then Shechem’s father Hamor went to speak with Jacob about Dinah.

Then Abraham asked, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes),

The Lord went on his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home.

Abraham spoke to him again, “What if forty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”

Abraham said, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

“Very well,” he replied, “I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned.

Before he had finished praying, there came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah (Milcah was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor).

“Before I finished praying in my heart, along came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder! She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’