Genesis 24
24:1And Abraham was older, advancing of days. And the lord blessed Abraham according to all things.
24:2And Abraham said to his servant, to the elder of his house, to the one in charge of all his things, Put your hand under my thigh!
24:3And I adjure you by the lord God of the heaven, and the God of the earth, that you should not take a wife to my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites, with whom I live among them.
24:4But only unto my land of which I was shall you go, and unto my tribe. And you shall take a wife for my son Isaac from there.
24:5And the servant said to him, If at any time the woman wills not to go with me back into this land, shall I return your son into the land from where you came forth from there?
24:6And Abraham said to him, Take heed to yourself that you should not return my son there.
24:7The lord God of the heaven, and the God of the earth, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of which I was born, who spoke to me, and who swore by an oath to me, saying, To you I will give this land and your seed -- he will send his angel in front of you, and you shall take a wife, for my son from there.
24:8And if the woman should not want to go with you into this land, you will be clean from this oath. Only you should not return my son there.
24:9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master. And he swore by an oath to him on account of this saying.
24:10And the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and from all the good things of his master with himself. And rising up he went into Mesopotamia, into the city of Nahor.
24:11And he rested the camels outside of the city by the Well of the Water, towards late in the day, when the women came forth drawing water.
24:12And he said, O lord God of my master Abraham, prosper the way before me today, and perform mercy with my master Abraham!
24:13Behold, I stand near the spring of water, and the daughters of the men living in the city come forth to draw water.
24:14And it shall be the virgin, who ever I should have said, Incline your water-pitcher! that I might drink. And she should have said to me, You drink! and I will water your camels until whenever they cease to drink -- this one you prepared for your servant Isaac, and in this I will know that you executed mercy with my master Abraham.
24:15And it came to pass before completing his speaking in his mind, that behold, Rebekah came forth -- the one born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, and brother of Abraham, having the water-pitcher upon her shoulders.
24:16And the virgin was good in the appearance -- exceedingly. She was a virgin, no man knew her. And coming upon the spring, she filled her water-pitcher, and ascended.
24:17And the servant ran to meet with her, and he said, Give me to drink a little water from out of your water-pitcher!
24:18And she said, Drink, O lord! And she hastened and lowered the water-pitcher upon her arm, and gave him to drink until he ceased drinking.
24:19And she said, Also to your camels I will draw water until whenever all should have drunk.
24:20And she hastened and emptied out the water-pitcher into the channel, and ran yet again unto the well to draw water. And she drew water for all the camels.
24:21And the man studied her, and remained silent to know if the lord prospered his way or not.
24:22And it came to pass when all the camels ceased drinking, the man took ear-rings of gold worth up to a drachma scale-weight, and two bracelets, and put them upon her hands -- ten pieces of gold scale-weight was their weight.
24:23And he asked her, and said, Whose daughter are you? Announce to me if there is by your father a place for us to rest up!
24:24And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bathuel, the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.
24:25And she said to him, Also there is much straw and fodder by us, and a place to rest up.
24:26And the man finding favor, did obeisance to the lord, and said,
24:27Blessed be the lord God of my master Abraham, who abandoned not righteousness and truth from my master. The lord indeed prospered me to the house of the brother of my master.
24:28And running, the maidservant announced in the house to her mother about these words.
24:29And to Rebekah there was a brother whose name was Laban. And Laban ran to the man outside near the spring.
24:30And it came to pass when he saw the ear-rings, and the bracelets upon the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, So spoke to me the man; that he came to the man standing by himself by the camels near the spring.
24:31And he said to him, Come, enter blessed of the lord! Why stand outside? For I prepared the residence, and a place for the camels.
24:32And the man entered into the residence. And he unharnessed the camels, and gave straw and fodder to the camels, and water for his feet, and for the feet of the men with him.
24:33And he placed near them bread loaves to eat. And he said, No way will I eat until speaking my words. And he said, Speak!
24:34And he said, A servant of Abraham I am.
24:35And the lord blessed my master exceedingly; and he was raised up high, and he gave to him sheep, and calves, and silver, and pieces of gold, and manservants, and maidservants, camels, and donkeys.
24:36And Sarah the wife of my master bore a son, one to my master after his growing old. And he gave to him as much as was his.
24:37And my master bound me by an oath, saying, You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in which I sojourned in their land.
24:38But unto the house of my father you should go, and to my tribe; and you shall take a wife for my son.
24:39And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman should not go with me.
24:40And he said to me, The lord God in whom I was found well-pleasing before him, he will send out his angel with you, and prosper your way. And you will take a wife for my son from out of my tribe, and from out of the house of my father.
24:41Then you will be innocent concerning my oath. For when ever you should have come to my tribe, and they should not give her to you, then you will be innocent concerning my oath.
24:42And coming today upon the spring, I said, O lord, the God of my master Abraham; if you prosper my way, in which now I go by it,
24:43behold, I stand near the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city came forth to draw water, and it will be the virgin to whom ever I should say, Give me a little water to drink from your water-pitcher!
24:44And she should have said to me, You also drink, and to your camels I will draw water. This is the woman whom the lord prepared for his own attendant Isaac; and in this you will know that you have done mercy to my master Abraham.
24:45And it came to pass before the completing my speaking in my mind, straightway Rebekah came forth having the water-pitcher upon the shoulders, and she went down to the spring, and she drew water. And I said to her, Give me a drink!
24:46And she hastened to lower the water-pitcher upon her arm from herself, and she said, You drink! and I will water your camels. And I drank, and she watered the camels.
24:47And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, I am the daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him. And I put on her the ear-rings, and the bracelets about her hands.
24:48And finding favor, I did obeisance to the lord. And I blessed the lord God of my master Abraham, who prospered me in the way of truth, to take the daughter of the brother of my master, for his son.
24:49If then you do mercy and righteousness to my master, report to me that I might turn to the right or left!
24:50And answering Laban and Bethuel said, From the lord came forth this thing, we will not be able to contradict bad or good.
24:51Behold, Rebekah is before you, in taking her, run! and let her be wife to the son of your master! as the lord spoke.
24:52And taking place in the hearing of the servant of Abraham their words, he did obeisance upon the ground to the lord.
24:53And the servant brought forth items made of silver and of gold. And he gave clothes to Rebekah, and he gave gifts to her brother, and to her mother.
24:54And they ate and drank. And he and the men being with him went to sleep. And rising up in the morning, he said, Send me forth! that I may go forth to my master.
24:55And her brothers and mother said, Let the virgin remain with us about ten days! and after this she shall go forth.
24:56And he said to them, Do not hold me, for the lord prospered my way! Send me! that I may go forth to my master.
24:57And they said, We should call the maidservant, and we should ask by her mouth.
24:58And they called Rebekah, and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go.
24:59And they sent forth Rebekah their sister, and her possessions, and the servant of Abraham, and the ones with him.
24:60And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, You are our sister, become for a thousand myriads, and let your seed inherit the cities of your opponents!
24:61And rising up, Rebekah and her handmaidens mounted upon the camels, and they went with the man. And taking the girl Rebekah, he went forth.
24:62And Isaac was traveling over through the wilderness by the Well of the Vision. And he dwelt in the land towards the south.
24:63And Isaac came forth to meditate in the plain towards afternoon. And looking up with his eyes, he saw camels coming.
24:64And Rebekah looking up with the eyes, saw Isaac, and she leaped down from the camel.
24:65And she said to the servant, Who is that man going in the plain to meet us? And said the servant, This is my master. And she having taken the lightweight covering put it on.
24:66And the servant described to Isaac all the words which he did.
24:67And Isaac entered into the house of his mother, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. And he loved her. And Isaac was comforted concerning Sarah his mother.