24Now Abraham was old, advanced in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in every way.H85H2204H935H3117H3068H1288H85

2And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he owned, "Please place your hand under my thigh,H85H559H2205H5650H1004H4910H7760H3027H3409

3and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,H7650H3068H430H8064H430H776H3947H802H1121H1323H3669H7130H3427

4but you shall go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac. "H3212H776H4138H3947H802H1121H3327

5And the servant said to him, "Suppose the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land; should I take your son back to the land from where you came?"H5650H559H802H14H3212H310H776H7725H1121H7725H776H3318

6Then Abraham said to him, "Beware lest you take my son back there!H85H559H8104H7725H6435H1121H7725

7"The 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 who swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there.H3068H430H8064H3947H1H1004H776H4138H1696H7650H559H2233H5414H776H7971H4397H6440H3947H802H1121

8"But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this my oath; only do not take my son back there."H802H14H3212H310H5352H7621H7725H1121H7725

9So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.H5650H7760H3027H3409H85H113H7650H5921H2088H1697

10Then the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and set out with a variety of good things of his master's in his hand; and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.H5650H3947H6235H1581H1581H113H3212H2898H113H3027H6965H3212H763H5892H5152

11And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.H1288H1581H1288H2351H5892H413H875H4325H6256H6153H6256H3318H7579

12And he said, "O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness to my master Abraham.H559H3068H430H113H85H6440H7136H3117H6213H2617H5973H113H85

13"Behold, I am standing by the spring, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water;H5324H5869H4325H1323H582H5892H3318H7579H4325

14now may it be that the girl to whom I say, 'Please let down your jar so that I may drink,' and who answers, 'Drink, and I will water your camels also';— [may] she [be the one] whom Thou hast appointed for Thy servant Isaac; and by this I shall know that Thou hast shown lovingkindness to my master. "H5291H559H5186H3537H8354H559H8354H8248H1581H8248H3198H5650H3327H3045H6213H2617H113

15And it came about before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor, came out with her jar on her shoulder.H3615H1696H7259H3318H834H3205H1328H1121H4435H802H5152H85H251H3537H7926

16And the girl was very beautiful, a virgin, and no man had had relations with her; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar, and came up.H5291H3966H2896H4758H1330H376H3045H3381H5869H4390H3537H5927

17Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar."H5650H7323H7125H559H1572H4592H4325H3537

18And she said, "Drink, my lord"; and she quickly lowered her jar to her hand, and gave him a drink.H559H8354H113H4116H3381H3537H3027H8248

19Now when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw also for your camels until they have finished drinking."H3615H8248H559H7579H1581H3615H8354

20So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran back to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.H4116H6168H3537H8268H7323H875H7579H7579H1581

21Meanwhile, the man was gazing at her in silence, to know whether the LORD had made his journey successful or not.H376H7583H2790H3045H3068H6743H1870H6743H518

22Then it came about, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a gold ring weighing a half-shekel and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels in gold,H1581H3615H8354H376H3947H2091H5141H1235H4948H8147H6781H3027H6235H4948H2091

23and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room for us to lodge in your father's house?"H559H4310H1323H859H5046H3426H4725H1H1004H3885

24And she said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor."H559H1323H1328H1121H4435H3205H5152

25Again she said to him, "We have plenty of both straw and feed, and room to lodge in."H559H1571H8401H4554H7227H1571H4725H3885

26Then the man bowed low and worshiped the LORD.H376H6915H7812H3068

27And he said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His lovingkindness and His truth toward my master; as for me, the LORD has guided me in the way to the house of my master's brothers."H559H1288H3068H430H113H85H5800H5973H113H2617H571H1870H3068H5148H1004H113H251

28Then the girl ran and told her mother's household about these things.H5291H7323H5046H517H1004H1697

29Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran outside to the man at the spring.H7259H251H8034H3837H3837H7323H2351H376H5869

30And it came about that when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's wrists, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," he went to the man; and behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.H7200H5141H6781H269H3027H8085H1697H7259H269H559H3541H1696H376H935H376H5975H5921H1581H5869

31And he said, "Come in, blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside since I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels?"H559H935H1288H3068H5975H2351H6437H1004H4725H1581

32So the man entered the house. Then Laban unloaded the camels, and he gave straw and feed to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.H376H935H1004H6605H1581H5414H8401H4554H1581H4325H7364H7272H582H7272

33But when [food] was set before him to eat, he said, "I will not eat until I have told my business." And he said, "Speak on."H7760H3455H6440H398H559H398H1696H1697H559H1696

34So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.H559H85H5650

35"And the LORD has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become rich; and He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys.H3068H1288H113H3966H1431H5414H6629H1241H3701H2091H5650H8198H1581H2543

36"Now Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master in her old age; and he has given him all that he has.H8283H113H802H3205H1121H113H310H2209H5414

37"And my 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;H113H7650H559H3947H802H1121H1323H3669H776H3427

38but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son. 'H518H3212H1H1004H4940H3947H802H1121

39"And I said to my master, 'Suppose the woman does not follow me.'H559H113H802H3212H310

40"And he said to me, 'The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you to make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives, and from my father's house;H559H3068H6440H1980H7971H4397H6743H1870H3947H802H1121H4940H1H1004

41then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath. 'H5352H423H935H4940H5414H5355H423

42"So I came today to the spring, and said, 'O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if now Thou wilt make my journey on which I go successful;H935H3117H5869H559H3068H430H113H85H3426H6743H1870H1980

43behold, I am standing by the spring, and may it be that the maiden who comes out to draw, and to whom I say, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar";H5324H5869H4325H5959H3318H7579H559H8248H4592H4325H3537H8248

44and she will say to me, "You drink, and I will draw for your camels also"; let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master's son. 'H559H8354H7579H1581H802H3068H3198H113H1121

45"Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew; and I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'H3615H1696H3820H7259H3318H3537H7926H3381H5869H7579H559H8248

46"And she quickly lowered her jar from her [shoulder,] and said, 'Drink, and I will water your camels also'; so I drank, and she watered the camels also.H4116H3381H3537H559H8354H8248H1581H8248H8354H8248H1581H8248

47"Then I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' And she said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him'; and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her wrists.H7592H559H1323H559H1323H1328H5152H1121H4435H3205H7760H5141H639H6781H3027

48"And I bowed low and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.H6915H7812H3068H1288H3068H430H113H85H5148H571H1870H3947H113H251H1323H1121

49"So now if you are going to deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, let me know, that I may turn to the right hand or the left."H3426H6213H2617H571H113H5046H5046H6437H3225H176H8040

50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, "The matter comes from the LORD; [so] we cannot speak to you bad or good.H3837H1328H6030H559H1697H3318H3068H3201H1696H7451H176H2896

51"Behold, Rebekah is before you, take [her] and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, as the LORD has spoken."H7259H6440H3947H3212H113H1121H802H3068H1696

52And it came about when Abraham's servant heard their words, that he bowed himself to the ground before the LORD.H85H5650H8085H1697H7812H3068H776

53And the servant brought out articles of silver and articles of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.H5650H3318H3627H3701H3627H2091H899H5414H7259H5414H251H517H4030

54Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they arose in the morning, he said, "Send me away to my master."H398H8354H582H3885H6965H1242H559H7971H113

55But her brother and her mother said, "Let the girl stay with us [a few] days, say ten; afterward she may go."H251H517H559H5291H3427H3117H176H6218H310H3212

56And he said to them, "Do not delay me, since the LORD has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."H559H309H3068H6743H1870H7971H3212H113

57And they said, "We will call the girl and consult her wishes."H559H7121H5291H7592H6310

58Then they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go."H7121H7259H559H3212H376H559H3212

59Thus they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse with Abraham's servant and his men.H7971H7259H269H3243H85H5650H582

60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "May you, our sister, Become thousands of ten thousands, And may your descendants possess The gate of those who hate them."H1288H7259H559H859H269H1961H505H7233H2233H3423H8179H8130

61Then Rebekah arose with her maids, and they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.H7259H6965H5291H7392H1581H3212H310H376H5650H3947H7259H3212

62Now Isaac had come from going to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the Negev.H3327H935H935H883H3427H5045H776

63And Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening; and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, camels were coming.H3327H3318H7742H7704H6437H6153H5375H5869H7200H1581H935

64And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she dismounted from the camel.H7259H5375H5869H7200H3327H5307H5921H1581

65And she said to the servant, "Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?" And the servant said, "He is my master." Then she took her veil and covered herself.H559H5650H4310H376H1976H1980H7704H7125H5650H559H113H3947H6809H3680

66And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.H5650H5608H3327H1697H6213

67Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her; thus Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.H3327H935H517H8283H168H3947H7259H802H157H3327H5162H310H517