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40 B lue A ir Isaac and Rebecca And he said to her, let down, I pray you, thy pitcher and give me to drink. And Rebecca said, I will get thee drink and thy camels also. I see this woman kneel in wet earth, her pitcher deep in the well, pouring out water that slides into the man like life, sweat on her neck like slime. The man tells her father, I want this woman, to be my master Isaac’s wife. Her father says, “Go,” and she says, “Yes.” “Yes” as she rides off in darkness. “Yes,” many days later, in a strange city. A strange man, Isaac, lifts her down, smiles until his teeth show. She follows him to his tent, lies down where he tells her, says, my God. He gives her the blood of grapes spilling down breasts and belly, into hard earth. ...

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