Genesis 24

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1 Abraham was old and well stricken in years. The Lord blessed Abraham in all things.
2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put thy hand under my thigh
3 and I swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,
4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
5 The slave said to him, maybe a woman does not want to come with me to this land, I must return your son to the land from which you came?
6 Abraham said to him, Beware that thou bring not my son thither;
7 The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my house and from the land of my birth father, who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land '--It will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son I think from there;
8 if a woman does not want to go with thee, thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only bring not my son thither again.
9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

10 And the servant took ten camels of his master, and camels went. In his hands it was also all sorts of treasures of his master. He got up and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor,
eleven and stopped the camels outside the city by a well of water, in the evening, at a time when women go out to draw,
12 and he said: O Lord God of my master Abraham! send [it] to meet me today, and show kindness to my master Abraham;
13 Behold, I stand at the water source, and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water;
14 and the maid, which I say: `down thy pitcher, I get drunk ', and that say,` Drink, and I will give thy camels drink' --vot she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
15 Once he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder;
16 maid [was] fair to look upon, a virgin, I did not know my husband. She went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up.
17 And the servant ran to meet her and said, Please let me drink a little water from your jar.
18 And she said, Drink, my lord. And immediately let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
19 And when drunk he said: I will draw water for your camels until they have finished drinking.
20 And immediately emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
21 And the man looked at her with amazement in silence, to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten [shekels] of gold;
23 And he said, Whose daughter are you? tell me whether there is your place for us to lodge in his father's house?
24 She said to him: I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.
25 And said unto him, We have both straw and feed, and [there is] a place to sleep.
26 And the people bowed the head and worshiped the Lord,
27 and I said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who has not left destitute my mercy and His truth toward The LORD led me to the house of my master.
28 And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house.

29 Rebekah had a brother named Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the source.
thirty And when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man unto me, --to come to a man, and behold, he stood by the camels at the source;
31 and he said, Come, blessed of the LORD; Why do you stand outside? I have prepared the house and place for the camels.
32 And the man came in. [Laban] unsaddled camels and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men that were with him;
33 And there was his food; but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my business. And he said, Speak.
34 He said, I am Abraham's servant;
35 The Lord has blessed my master and he has become great: he has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female slaves, camels and donkeys;
36 Sarah, my master's wife, was old, gave birth to a son to my lord, to whom he gave all that he had;
37 and he made me swear, my lord, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,
38 and go to my relatives and my father's house, and take a wife for my son.
39 I said to my master, perhaps a woman will not go with me.
40 He said to me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way, and take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father's house;
41 Then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham! If you landscape the way that I make,
43 Behold, I stand at the water source, and the girl who will inspire us, and I say: Please let me drink a little water of thy pitcher,
44 And she say to me, `Both drink thou, and thy camels I drew '--vot woman whom the Lord has appointed my master's son.
45 And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder, and went down to and drew; and I told her: I Sing.
46 She immediately let down her pitcher from her shoulder and said, Drink, and thy camels I have satiated. So I drank, and she watered the camels.
47 I asked her and said, Whose daughter are you? She said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him. And I gave her earrings and the bracelets on her hands.
48 And I bowed down and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has led me the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.
49 And now tell me: Are you going to deal kindly and truly with my master? tell me, that I may turn to the right or to the left.
50 And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, LORD came from this business; we can not speak unto thee bad or good;
51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee; Take it and go; let her be thy master's son's wife, as the Lord said.
52 When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed to the ground before the Lord.
53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver and gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah; also to her brother and her mother, and gave rich presents.

54 And they ate and drank, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night. And they rose up in the morning, he said, Send me away to my master.
55 But her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us days, at ten, then go.
56 He said to them, Hinder me not, for the Lord has prospered my way; let me go, that I may go to my master.
57 They said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? She said: I will go.
59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, our sister! but born of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the homes of your enemies!
61 And Rebekah arose, and her maids, and they mounted the camels and went with the man. And the servant took Rebekah and went.

62 And Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he dwelt in the south.
63 When the evening Isaac went out to meditate in the field, and lifted up his eyes, and saw, and behold, camels were coming.
64 Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel.
65 And the servant said, who is this man that walketh in the field to meet us? Rab said: It is my master. And she took her veil and covered herself.
66 And the servant told Isaac all he had done.
67 And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted [sad] for his mother.

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