24Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.H85H2204H935H3117H3068H1288H852Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thighH85H559H2205H5650H1004H4910H7760H3027H34093and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,H7650H3068H430H8064H430H776H3947H802H1121H1323H3669H7130H34274but will go to my country and to my kindred and get a wife for my son Isaac."H3212H776H4138H3947H802H1121H33275The servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman may not be willing to follow me to this land; must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?"H5650H559H802H14H3212H310H776H7725H1121H7725H776H33186Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there.H85H559H8104H7725H6435H1121H77257The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me and swore to me, 'To your offspring I will give this land,' he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.H3068H430H8064H3947H1H1004H776H4138H1696H7650H559H2233H5414H776H7971H4397H6440H3947H802H11218But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this oath of mine; only you must not take my son back there."H802H14H3212H310H5352H7621H7725H1121H77259So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.H5650H7760H3027H3409H85H113H7650H5921H2088H169710Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, taking all kinds of choice gifts from his master; and he set out and went to Aram-naharaim, to the city of Nahor.H5650H3947H6235H1581H1581H113H3212H2898H113H3027H6965H3212H763H5892H515211He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water; it was toward evening, the time when women go out to draw water.H1288H1581H1288H2351H5892H413H875H4325H6256H6153H6256H3318H757912And he said, "O LORD, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham.H559H3068H430H113H85H6440H7136H3117H6213H2617H5973H113H8513I am standing here by the spring of water, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.H5324H5869H4325H1323H582H5892H3318H7579H432514Let the girl to whom I shall say, 'Please offer your jar that I may drink,' and who shall say, 'Drink, and I will water your camels'—let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master."H5291H559H5186H3537H8354H559H8354H8248H1581H8248H3198H5650H3327H3045H6213H2617H11315Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, coming out with her water jar on her shoulder.H3615H1696H7259H3318H834H3205H1328H1121H4435H802H5152H85H251H3537H792616The girl was very fair to look upon, a virgin, whom no man had known. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up.H5291H3966H2896H4758H1330H376H3045H3381H5869H4390H3537H592717Then the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please let me sip a little water from your jar."H5650H7323H7125H559H1572H4592H4325H353718"Drink, my lord," she said, and quickly lowered her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink.H559H8354H113H4116H3381H3537H3027H824819When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw for your camels also, until they have finished drinking."H3615H8248H559H7579H1581H3615H835420So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.H4116H6168H3537H8268H7323H875H7579H7579H158121The man gazed at her in silence to learn whether or not the LORD had made his journey successful.H376H7583H2790H3045H3068H6743H1870H6743H51822When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold nose-ring weighing a half shekel, and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels,H1581H3615H8354H376H3947H2091H5141H1235H4948H8147H6781H3027H6235H4948H209123and said, "Tell me whose daughter you are. Is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"H559H4310H1323H859H5046H3426H4725H1H1004H388524She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor."H559H1323H1328H1121H4435H3205H515225She added, "We have plenty of straw and fodder and a place to spend the night."H559H1571H8401H4554H7227H1571H4725H388526The man bowed his head and worshiped the LORDH376H6915H7812H306827and said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the way to the house of my master's kin."H559H1288H3068H430H113H85H5800H5973H113H2617H571H1870H3068H5148H1004H113H25128Then the girl ran and told her mother's household about these things.H5291H7323H5046H517H1004H169729Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.H7259H251H8034H3837H3837H7323H2351H376H586930As soon as he had seen the nose-ring, and the bracelets on his sister's arms, and when he heard the words of his sister Rebekah, "Thus the man spoke to me," he went to the man; and there he was, standing by the camels at the spring.H7200H5141H6781H269H3027H8085H1697H7259H269H559H3541H1696H376H935H376H5975H5921H1581H586931He said, "Come in, O blessed of the LORD. Why do you stand outside when I have prepared the house and a place for the camels?"H559H935H1288H3068H5975H2351H6437H1004H4725H158132So the man came into the house; and Laban unloaded the camels, and gave him straw and fodder for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.H376H935H1004H6605H1581H5414H8401H4554H1581H4325H7364H7272H582H727233Then food was set before him to eat; but he said, "I will not eat until I have told my errand." He said, "Speak on."H7760H3455H6440H398H559H398H1696H1697H559H169634So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.H559H85H565035The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become wealthy; he has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female slaves, camels and donkeys.H3068H1288H113H3966H1431H5414H6629H1241H3701H2091H5650H8198H1581H254336And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old; and he has given him all that he has.H8283H113H802H3205H1121H113H310H2209H541437My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live;H113H7650H559H3947H802H1121H1323H3669H776H342738but you shall go to my father's house, to my kindred, and get a wife for my son.'H518H3212H1H1004H4940H3947H802H112139I said to my master, 'Perhaps the woman will not follow me.'H559H113H802H3212H31040But he said to me, 'The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you and make your way successful. You shall get a wife for my son from my kindred, from my father's house.H559H3068H6440H1980H7971H4397H6743H1870H3947H802H1121H4940H1H100441Then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my kindred; even if they will not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.'H5352H423H935H4940H5414H5355H42342"I came today to the spring, and said, 'O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if now you will only make successful the way I am going!H935H3117H5869H559H3068H430H113H85H3426H6743H1870H198043I am standing here by the spring of water; let the young woman who comes out to draw, to whom I shall say, "Please give me a little water from your jar to drink,"H5324H5869H4325H5959H3318H7579H559H8248H4592H4325H3537H824844and who will say to me, "Drink, and I will draw for your camels also"—let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master's son.'H559H8354H7579H1581H802H3068H3198H113H112145"Before I had finished speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her water jar on her shoulder; and she went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'H3615H1696H3820H7259H3318H3537H7926H3381H5869H7579H559H824846She quickly let down her jar from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will also water your camels.' So I drank, and she also watered the camels.H4116H3381H3537H559H8354H8248H1581H8248H8354H8248H1581H824847Then I asked her, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' So I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her arms.H7592H559H1323H559H1323H1328H5152H1121H4435H3205H7760H5141H639H6781H302748Then I bowed my head and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to obtain the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.H6915H7812H3068H1288H3068H430H113H85H5148H571H1870H3947H113H251H1323H112149Now then, if you will deal loyally and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so that I may turn either to the right hand or to the left."H3426H6213H2617H571H113H5046H5046H6437H3225H176H804050Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing comes from the LORD; we cannot speak to you anything bad or good.H3837H1328H6030H559H1697H3318H3068H3201H1696H7451H176H289651Look, Rebekah is before you, take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, as the LORD has spoken."H7259H6440H3947H3212H113H1121H802H3068H169652When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground before the LORD.H85H5650H8085H1697H7812H3068H77653And the servant brought out jewelry of silver and of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave to her brother and to her mother costly ornaments.H5650H3318H3627H3701H3627H2091H899H5414H7259H5414H251H517H403054Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank, and they spent the night there. When they rose in the morning, he said, "Send me back to my master."H398H8354H582H3885H6965H1242H559H7971H11355Her brother and her mother said, "Let the girl remain with us a while, at least ten days; after that she may go."H251H517H559H5291H3427H3117H176H6218H310H321256But he said to them, "Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey successful; let me go that I may go to my master."H559H309H3068H6743H1870H7971H3212H11357They said, "We will call the girl, and ask her."H559H7121H5291H7592H631058And they called Rebekah, and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She said, "I will."H7121H7259H559H3212H376H559H321259So they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse along with Abraham's servant and his men.H7971H7259H269H3243H85H5650H58260And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "May you, our sister, become thousands of myriads; may your offspring gain possession of the gates of their foes."H1288H7259H559H859H269H1961H505H7233H2233H3423H8179H813061Then Rebekah and her maids rose up, mounted the camels, and followed the man; thus the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.H7259H6965H5291H7392H1581H3212H310H376H5650H3947H7259H321262Now Isaac had come from Beer-lahai-roi, and was settled in the Negeb.H3327H935H935H883H3427H5045H77663Isaac went out in the evening to walk in the field; and looking up, he saw camels coming.H3327H3318H7742H7704H6437H6153H5375H5869H7200H1581H93564And Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she slipped quickly from the camel,H7259H5375H5869H7200H3327H5307H5921H158165and said to the servant, "Who is the man over there, walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It is my master." So she took her veil and covered herself.H559H5650H4310H376H1976H1980H7704H7125H5650H559H113H3947H6809H368066And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.H5650H5608H3327H1697H621367Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent. He took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.H3327H935H517H8283H168H3947H7259H802H157H3327H5162H310H517