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# The man
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"The servant"
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# watched her
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"watched Rebekah" or "watched the young woman"
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# to see
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Learning something is often spoken of as if it were seeing. Alternate translation: "to know" or "to determine" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# had prospered his journey
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"had fulfilled the purpose of his journey" or "had made his journey successful." You can make explicit what specifically the servant was trying to determine. Alternate translation: "was showing him the woman who would become Isaac's wife" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# or not
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You can state clearly the understood information. Alternate translation: "or not prospered his journey" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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