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â 24:1 Abraham was now old and well advanced in years, and the LORD
had blessed him in every way.
â 24:2 He said to the chief servant in his household, the one in charge
of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh.
â 24:3 I want you to swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the
God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my so n from the daughters
of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,
â 24:4 but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife
for my son Isaac."
â 24:5 The servant asked him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come
back with me to this land? Shall I then tak e your son back to the country
you came from?"
â 24:6 "Make sure that you do not take my son back there," Abraham
said.
â 24:7 "The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's
household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath,
saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land'--he will send his angel
before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.
â 24:8 If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will
be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there."
â 24:9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham
and swore an oath to him concerning this matt er.
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â 24:10 Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and left,
taking with him all kinds of good things from his m aster. He set out for
Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor.
â 24:11 He had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town;
it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.
â 24:12 Then he prayed, "O LORD, God of my master Abraham, give me
success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
â 24:13 See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of
the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
â 24:14 May it be that when I say to a girl, 'Please let down your
jar that I may have a drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I'll water your
camels too'--let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac.
By this I will know that yo u have shown kindness to my master."
â 24:15 Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her
jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, who
was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.
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â 24:16 The girl was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever lain
with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.
â 24:17 The servant hurried to meet her and said, "Please give me
a little water from your jar."
â 24:18 "Drink, my lord," she said, and quickly lowered the jar to
her hands and gave him a drink.
â 24:19 After she had given him a drink, she said, "I'll draw water
for your camels too, until they have finished drinking."
â 24:20 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to
the well to draw more water, and drew enough for a ll his camels.
â 24:21 Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn
whether or not the LORD had made his journey succe ssful.
â 24:22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a
gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelet s weighing ten shekels.
â 24:23 Then he asked, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is
there room in your father's house for us to sp end the night?"
â 24:24 She answered him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that
Milcah bore to Nahor."
â 24:25 And she added, "We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well
as room for you to spend the night."
â 24:26 Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
â 24:27 saying, "Praise be to the LORD, the God of my master Abraham,
who has not abandoned his kindness and fait hfulness to my master. As for
me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master's relatives."
â 24:28 The girl ran and told her mother's household about these things.
â 24:29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he hurried out
to the man at the spring.
â 24:30 As soon as he had seen the nose ring, and the bracelets on
his sister's arms, and had heard Rebekah tell what the man said to her,
he went out to the man and found him standing by the camels near the spring.
â 24:31 "Come, you who are blessed by the LORD," he said. "Why are
you standing out here? I have prepar ed the house and a place for the camels."
â 24:32 So the man went to the house, and the camels were unloaded.
Straw and fodder were brought for the camels, and water for him and his
men to wash their feet.
â 24:33 Then food was set before him, but he said, "I will not eat
until I have told you what I have to say. " "Then tell us," Laban said.
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â 24:34 So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.
â 24:35 The LORD has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become
wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silve r and gold, menservants
and maidservants, and camels and donkeys.
â 24:36 My master's wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age,
and he has given him everything he owns.
â 24:37 And my master made me swear an oath, and said, 'You must not
get a wife for my son from the daughters of the C anaanites, in whose land
I live,
â 24:38 but go to my father's family and to my own clan, and get a
wife for my son.'
â 24:39 "Then I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not come
back with me?'
â 24:40 "He replied, 'The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send
his angel with you and make your journey a s uccess, so that you can get
a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father's family.
â 24:41 Then, when you go to my clan, you will be released from my
oath even if they refuse to give her to you--you wi ll be released from
my oath.'
â 24:42 "When I came to the spring today, I said, 'O LORD, God of
my master Abraham, if you will, please grant su ccess to the journey on
which I have come.
â 24:43 See, I am standing beside this spring; if a maiden comes out
to draw water and I say to her, "Please let me drink a little water from
your jar,"
â 24:44 and if she says to me, "Drink, and I'll draw water for your
camels too," let her be the one the LORD has chosen for my master's son.'
â 24:45 "Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out,
with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water,
and I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'
â 24:46 "She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, 'Drink,
and I'll water your camels too.' So I dr ank, and she watered the camels
also.
â 24:47 "I asked her, 'Whose daughter are you?' "She said, 'The daughter
of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milca h bore to him.' "Then I put the ring
in her nose and the bracelets on her arms,
â 24:48 and I bowed down and worshiped the LORD. I praised the LORD,
the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on t he right road to get
the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son.
â 24:49 Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master,
tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn."
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â 24:50 Laban and Bethuel answered, "This is from the LORD; we can
say nothing to you one way or the other.
â 24:51 Here is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife
of your master's son, as the LORD has directed. "
â 24:52 When Abraham's servant heard what they said, he bowed down
to the ground before the LORD.
â 24:53 Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles
of clothing and gave them to Rebekah; he als o gave costly gifts to her
brother and to her mother.
â 24:54 Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent
the night there. When they got up the next morni ng, he said, "Send me
on my way to my master."
â 24:55 But her brother and her mother replied, "Let the girl remain
with us ten days or so; then you may go. "
â 24:56 But he said to them, "Do not detain me, now that the LORD
has granted success to my journey. Send me on m y way so I may go to my
master."
â 24:57 Then they said, "Let's call the girl and ask her about it."
â 24:58 So they called Rebekah and asked her, "Will you go with this
man?" "I will go," she said.
â 24:59 So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her
nurse and Abraham's servant and his men.
â 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may
you increase to thousands upon thousands; may your offspring possess the
gates of their enemies."
â 24:61 Then Rebekah and her maids got ready and mounted their camels
and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
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â 24:62 Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living
in the Negev.
â 24:63 He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he
looked up, he saw camels approaching.
â 24:64 Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her
camel
â 24:65 and asked the servant, "Who is that man in the field coming
to meet us?" "He is my master, " the servant answered. So she took her
veil and covered herself.
â 24:66 Then the servant told Isaac all he had done.
â 24:67 Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he
married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he lo ved her; and Isaac was
comforted after his mother's death. |