24Now Abraham was old, well advanced in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.H85H2204H935H3117H3068H1288H85 2So Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please, put your hand under my thigh,H85H559H2205H5650H1004H4910H7760H3027H3409 3"and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell;H7650H3068H430H8064H430H776H3947H802H1121H1323H3669H7130H3427 4"but you shall go to my country and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac."H3212H776H4138H3947H802H1121H3327 5And the servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?"H5650H559H802H14H3212H310H776H7725H1121H7725H776H3318 6But Abraham said to him, "Beware that you do not take my son back there.H85H559H8104H7725H6435H1121H7725 7"The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my family, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.H3068H430H8064H3947H1H1004H776H4138H1696H7650H559H2233H5414H776H7971H4397H6440H3947H802H1121 8"And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there."H802H14H3212H310H5352H7621H7725H1121H7725 9So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.H5650H7760H3027H3409H85H113H7650H5921H2088H1697 10Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, for all his master's goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.H5650H3947H6235H1581H1581H113H3212H2898H113H3027H6965H3212H763H5892H5152 11And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.H1288H1581H1288H2351H5892H413H875H4325H6256H6153H6256H3318H7579 12Then he said, "O LORD God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.H559H3068H430H113H85H6440H7136H3117H6213H2617H5973H113H85 13"Behold, here I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.H5324H5869H4325H1323H582H5892H3318H7579H4325 14"Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, 'Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink'—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."H5291H559H5186H3537H8354H559H8354H8248H1581H8248H3198H5650H3327H3045H6213H2617H113 15And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder.H3615H1696H7259H3318H834H3205H1328H1121H4435H802H5152H85H251H3537H7926 16Now the young woman was very beautiful to behold, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up.H5291H3966H2896H4758H1330H376H3045H3381H5869H4390H3537H5927 17And the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher."H5650H7323H7125H559H1572H4592H4325H3537 18So she said, "Drink, my lord." Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her hand, and gave him a drink.H559H8354H113H4116H3381H3537H3027H8248 19And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking."H3615H8248H559H7579H1581H3615H8354 20Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.H4116H6168H3537H8268H7323H875H7579H7579H1581 21And the man, wondering at her, remained silent so as to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.H376H7583H2790H3045H3068H6743H1870H6743H518 22So it was, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden nose ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels of gold,H1581H3615H8354H376H3947H2091H5141H1235H4948H8147H6781H3027H6235H4948H2091 23and said, "Whose daughter are you? Tell me, please, is there room in your father's house for us to lodge?"H559H4310H1323H859H5046H3426H4725H1H1004H3885 24So she said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, Milcah's son, whom she bore to Nahor."H559H1323H1328H1121H4435H3205H5152 25Moreover she said to him, "We have both straw and feed enough, and room to lodge."H559H1571H8401H4554H7227H1571H4725H3885 26Then the man bowed down his head and worshiped the LORD.H376H6915H7812H3068 27And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren."H559H1288H3068H430H113H85H5800H5973H113H2617H571H1870H3068H5148H1004H113H251 28So the young woman ran and told her mother's household these things.H5291H7323H5046H517H1004H1697 29Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban, and Laban ran out to the man by the well.H7259H251H8034H3837H3837H7323H2351H376H5869 30So it came to pass, when he saw the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister's wrists, and when he heard the words of his sister Rebekah, saying, "Thus the man spoke to me," that he went to the man. And there he stood by the camels at the well.H7200H5141H6781H269H3027H8085H1697H7259H269H559H3541H1696H376H935H376H5975H5921H1581H5869 31And he said, "Come in, O blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels."H559H935H1288H3068H5975H2351H6437H1004H4725H1581 32Then the man came to the house. And he unloaded the camels, and provided straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.H376H935H1004H6605H1581H5414H8401H4554H1581H4325H7364H7272H582H7272 33Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told about my errand." And he said, "Speak on."H7760H3455H6440H398H559H398H1696H1697H559H1696 34So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.H559H85H5650 35"The LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.H3068H1288H113H3966H1431H5414H6629H1241H3701H2091H5650H8198H1581H2543 36"And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old; and to him he has given all that he has.H8283H113H802H3205H1121H113H310H2209H5414 37"Now 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 dwell;H113H7650H559H3947H802H1121H1323H3669H776H3427 38'but you shall go to my father's house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.'H518H3212H1H1004H4940H3947H802H1121 39"And I said to my master, 'Perhaps the woman will not follow me.'H559H113H802H3212H310 40"But he said to me, 'The LORD, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my family and from my father's house.H559H3068H6440H1980H7971H4397H6743H1870H3947H802H1121H4940H1H1004 41'You will be clear from this oath when you arrive among my family; for if they will not give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.'H5352H423H935H4940H5414H5355H423 42"And this day I came to the well and said, 'O LORD God of my master Abraham, if You will now prosper the way in which I go,H935H3117H5869H559H3068H430H113H85H3426H6743H1870H1980 43'behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass that when the virgin comes out to draw water, and I say to her, "Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,"H5324H5869H4325H5959H3318H7579H559H8248H4592H4325H3537H8248 44'and she says 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.'H559H8354H7579H1581H802H3068H3198H113H1121 45"But before I had finished speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah, coming out with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'H3615H1696H3820H7259H3318H3537H7926H3381H5869H7579H559H8248 46"And she made haste and let her pitcher down from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also.' So I drank, and she gave the camels a drink 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.' So I put the nose ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.H7592H559H1323H559H1323H1328H5152H1121H4435H3205H7760H5141H639H6781H3027 48"And I bowed my head and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the way of truth to take the daughter of my master's brother for his son.H6915H7812H3068H1288H3068H430H113H85H5148H571H1870H3947H113H251H1323H1121 49"Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. And if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left."H3426H6213H2617H571H113H5046H5046H6437H3225H176H8040 50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, "The thing comes from the LORD; we cannot speak to you either bad or good.H3837H1328H6030H559H1697H3318H3068H3201H1696H7451H176H2896 51"Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the LORD has spoken."H7259H6440H3947H3212H113H1121H802H3068H1696 52And it came to pass, when Abraham's servant heard their words, that he worshiped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.H85H5650H8085H1697H7812H3068H776 53Then the servant brought out jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.H5650H3318H3627H3701H3627H2091H899H5414H7259H5414H251H517H4030 54And he and the men who were with him ate and drank and stayed all night. Then they arose in the morning, and he said, "Send me away to my master."H398H8354H582H3885H6965H1242H559H7971H113 55But her brother and her mother said, "Let the young woman stay with us a few days, at least ten; after that she may go."H251H517H559H5291H3427H3117H176H6218H310H3212 56And he said to them, "Do not hinder me, since the LORD has prospered my way; send me away so that I may go to my master."H559H309H3068H6743H1870H7971H3212H113 57So they said, "We will call the young woman and ask her personally."H559H7121H5291H7592H6310 58Then they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go."H7121H7259H559H3212H376H559H3212 59So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.H7971H7259H269H3243H85H5650H582 60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her: "Our sister, may you become The mother of thousands of ten thousands; And may your descendants possess The gates of those who hate them."H1288H7259H559H859H269H1961H505H7233H2233H3423H8179H8130 61Then Rebekah and her maids arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.H7259H6965H5291H7392H1581H3212H310H376H5650H3947H7259H3212 62Now Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he dwelt in the South.H3327H935H935H883H3427H5045H776 63And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted his eyes and looked, and there, the camels were coming.H3327H3318H7742H7704H6437H6153H5375H5869H7200H1581H935 64Then Rebekah lifted her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she dismounted from her camel;H7259H5375H5869H7200H3327H5307H5921H1581 65for she had said to the servant, "Who is this man walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It is my master." So she took a 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. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.H3327H935H517H8283H168H3947H7259H802H157H3327H5162H310H517
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