And Abraham{H85} was old,{H2204} [and] well stricken{H935} in age:{H3117} and Jehovah{H3068} had blessed{H1288} Abraham{H85} in all things.

And Abraham{H85} said{H559} unto his servant,{H5650} the elder{H2205} of his house,{H1004} that ruled over{H4910} all that he had, Put,{H7760} I pray thee, thy hand{H3027} under my thigh:{H3409}

and I will make thee swear{H7650} by Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of heaven{H8064} and the God{H430} of the earth,{H776} that thou wilt not take{H3947} a wife{H802} for my son{H1121} of the daughters{H1323} of the Canaanites,{H3669} among{H7130} whom I dwell:{H3427}

but thou shalt go{H3212} unto my country,{H776} and to my kindred,{H4138} and take{H3947} a wife{H802} for my son{H1121} Isaac.{H3327}

And the servant{H5650} said{H559} unto him, Peradventure the woman{H802} will not be willing{H14} to follow{H3212} me{H310} unto this land:{H776} must I needs bring{H7725} thy son{H1121} again{H7725} unto the land{H776} from whence thou camest?{H3318}

And Abraham{H85} said{H559} unto him, Beware{H8104} thou that thou bring{H7725} not{H6435} my son{H1121} thither again.{H7725}

Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of heaven,{H8064} who took me{H3947} from my father's{H1} house,{H1004} and from the land{H776} of my nativity,{H4138} and who spake{H1696} unto me, and who sware{H7650} unto me, saying,{H559} Unto thy seed{H2233} will I give{H5414} this land;{H776} he will send{H7971} his angel{H4397} before thee,{H6440} and thou shalt take{H3947} a wife{H802} for my son{H1121} from thence.

And if the woman{H802} be not willing{H14} to follow{H3212} thee,{H310} then thou shalt be clear{H5352} from this my oath;{H7621} only thou shalt not bring{H7725} my son{H1121} thither again.{H7725}

And the servant{H5650} put{H7760} his hand{H3027} under the thigh{H3409} of Abraham{H85} his master,{H113} and sware{H7650} to him concerning{H5921} this{H2088} matter.{H1697}

And the servant{H5650} took{H3947} ten{H6235} camels,{H1581} of the camels{H1581} of his master,{H113} and departed,{H3212} having all goodly things{H2898} of his master's{H113} in his hand:{H3027} and he arose,{H6965} and went{H3212} to Mesopotamia,{H763} unto the city{H5892} of Nahor.{H5152}

And he made{H1288} the camels{H1581} to kneel down{H1288} without{H2351} the city{H5892} by{H413} the well{H875} of water{H4325} at the time{H6256} of evening,{H6153} the time{H6256} that women go out{H3318} to draw{H7579} water.

And he said,{H559} O Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of my master{H113} Abraham,{H85} send me,{H6440} I pray thee, good speed{H7136} this day,{H3117} and show{H6213} kindness{H2617} unto{H5973} my master{H113} Abraham.{H85}

Behold, I am standing{H5324} by the fountain{H5869} of water;{H4325} and the daughters{H1323} of the men{H582} of the city{H5892} are coming out{H3318} to draw{H7579} water:{H4325}

and let it come to pass, that the damsel{H5291} to whom I shall say,{H559} Let down{H5186} thy pitcher,{H3537} I pray thee, that I may drink;{H8354} and she shall say,{H559} Drink,{H8354} and I will give{H8248} thy camels{H1581} drink{H8248} also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed{H3198} for thy servant{H5650} Isaac;{H3327} and thereby shall I know{H3045} that thou hast showed{H6213} kindness{H2617} unto my master.{H113}

And it came to pass, before he had done{H3615} speaking,{H1696} that, behold, Rebekah{H7259} came out,{H3318} who{H834} was born{H3205} to Bethuel{H1328} the son{H1121} of Milcah,{H4435} the wife{H802} of Nahor,{H5152} Abraham's{H85} brother,{H251} with her pitcher{H3537} upon her shoulder.{H7926}

And the damsel{H5291} was very{H3966} fair{H2896} to look upon,{H4758} a virgin,{H1330} neither had any man{H376} known{H3045} her: and she went down{H3381} to the fountain,{H5869} and filled{H4390} her pitcher,{H3537} and came up.{H5927}

And the servant{H5650} ran{H7323} to meet her,{H7125} and said,{H559} Give me to drink,{H1572} I pray thee, a little{H4592} water{H4325} from thy pitcher.{H3537}

And she said,{H559} Drink,{H8354} my lord:{H113} and she hasted,{H4116} and let down{H3381} her pitcher{H3537} upon her hand,{H3027} and gave him drink.{H8248}

And when she had done{H3615} giving him drink,{H8248} she said,{H559} I will draw{H7579} for thy camels{H1581} also, until they have done{H3615} drinking.{H8354}

And she hasted,{H4116} and emptied{H6168} her pitcher{H3537} into the trough,{H8268} and ran{H7323} again unto the well{H875} to draw,{H7579} and drew{H7579} for all his camels.{H1581}

And the man{H376} looked stedfastly{H7583} on her, holding his peace,{H2790} to know{H3045} whether Jehovah{H3068} had made{H6743} his journey{H1870} prosperous{H6743} or{H518} not.

And it came to pass, as the camels{H1581} had done{H3615} drinking,{H8354} that the man{H376} took{H3947} a golden{H2091} ring{H5141} of half a shekel{H1235} weight,{H4948} and two{H8147} bracelets{H6781} for her hands{H3027} of ten{H6235} shekels weight{H4948} of gold,{H2091}

and said,{H559} Whose{H4310} daughter{H1323} art thou?{H859} tell{H5046} me, I pray thee. Is there{H3426} room{H4725} in thy father's{H1} house{H1004} for us to lodge in?{H3885}

And she said{H559} unto him, I am the daughter{H1323} of Bethuel{H1328} the son{H1121} of Milcah,{H4435} whom she bare{H3205} unto Nahor.{H5152}

She said{H559} moreover unto him, We have both{H1571} straw{H8401} and provender{H4554} enough,{H7227} and{H1571} room{H4725} to lodge in.{H3885}

And the man{H376} bowed his head,{H6915} and worshipped{H7812} Jehovah.{H3068}

And he said,{H559} Blessed{H1288} be Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of my master{H113} Abraham,{H85} who hath not forsaken{H5800} his lovingkindness{H2617} and his truth{H571} toward my master:{H113} as for me, Jehovah{H3068} hath led me{H5148} in the way{H1870} to the house{H1004} of my master's{H113} brethren.{H251}

And the damsel{H5291} ran,{H7323} and told{H5046} her mother's{H517} house{H1004} according to these words.{H1697}

And Rebekah{H7259} had a brother,{H251} and his name{H8034} was Laban:{H3837} and Laban{H3837} ran{H7323} out{H2351} unto the man,{H376} unto the fountain.{H5869}

And it came to pass, when he saw{H7200} the ring,{H5141} and the bracelets{H6781} upon his sister's{H269} hands,{H3027} and when he heard{H8085} the words{H1697} of Rebekah{H7259} his sister,{H269} saying,{H559} Thus{H3541} spake{H1696} the man{H376} unto me; that he came{H935} unto the man;{H376} and, behold, he was standing{H5975} by{H5921} the camels{H1581} at the fountain.{H5869}

And he said,{H559} Come in,{H935} thou blessed{H1288} of Jehovah;{H3068} wherefore standest{H5975} thou without?{H2351} for I have prepared{H6437} the house,{H1004} and room{H4725} for the camels.{H1581}

And the man{H376} came{H935} into the house,{H1004} and he ungirded{H6605} the camels;{H1581} and he gave{H5414} straw{H8401} and provender{H4554} for the camels,{H1581} and water{H4325} to wash{H7364} his feet{H7272} and the feet{H7272} of the men{H582} that were with him.

And there was set{H7760} food before him{H6440} to eat:{H398} but he said,{H559} I will not eat,{H398} until I have told{H1696} mine errand.{H1697} And he said,{H559} Speak on.{H1696}

And he said,{H559} I am Abraham's{H85} servant.{H5650}

And Jehovah{H3068} hath blessed{H1288} my master{H113} greatly;{H3966} and he is become great:{H1431} and he hath given{H5414} him flocks{H6629} and herds,{H1241} and silver{H3701} and gold,{H2091} and men-servants{H5650} and maid-servants,{H8198} and camels{H1581} and asses.{H2543}

And Sarah{H8283} my master's{H113} wife{H802} bare{H3205} a son{H1121} to my master{H113} when{H310} she was old:{H2209} and unto him hath he given{H5414} all that he hath.

And my master{H113} made me swear,{H7650} saying,{H559} Thou shalt not take{H3947} a wife{H802} for my son{H1121} of the daughters{H1323} of the Canaanites,{H3669} in whose land{H776} I dwell:{H3427}

but{H518} thou shalt go{H3212} unto my father's{H1} house,{H1004} and to my kindred,{H4940} and take{H3947} a wife{H802} for my son.{H1121}

And I said{H559} unto my master,{H113} Peradventure the woman{H802} will not follow{H3212} me.

And he said{H559} unto me, Jehovah,{H3068} before{H6440} whom I walk,{H1980} will send{H7971} his angel{H4397} with thee, and prosper{H6743} thy way;{H1870} and thou shalt take{H3947} a wife{H802} for my son{H1121} of my kindred,{H4940} and of my father's{H1} house:{H1004}

then shalt thou be clear{H5352} from my oath,{H423} when thou comest{H935} to my kindred;{H4940} and if they give{H5414} her not to thee, thou shalt be clear{H5355} from my oath.{H423}

And I came{H935} this day{H3117} unto the fountain,{H5869} and said,{H559} O Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of my master{H113} Abraham,{H85} if now thou do{H3426} prosper{H6743} my way{H1870} which I go:{H1980}

behold, I am standing{H5324} by the fountain{H5869} of water;{H4325} and let it come to pass, that the maiden{H5959} that cometh forth{H3318} to draw,{H7579} to whom I shall say,{H559} Give me,{H8248} I pray thee, a little{H4592} water{H4325} from thy pitcher{H3537} to drink;{H8248}

and she shall say{H559} to me, Both drink{H8354} thou, and I will also draw{H7579} for thy camels:{H1581} let the same be the woman{H802} whom Jehovah{H3068} hath appointed{H3198} for my master's{H113} son.{H1121}

And before I had done{H3615} speaking{H1696} in my heart,{H3820} behold, Rebekah{H7259} came forth{H3318} with her pitcher{H3537} on her shoulder;{H7926} and she went down{H3381} unto the fountain,{H5869} and drew:{H7579} and I said{H559} unto her, Let me drink,{H8248} I pray thee.

And she made haste,{H4116} and let down{H3381} her pitcher{H3537} from her shoulder, and said,{H559} Drink,{H8354} and I will give{H8248} thy camels{H1581} drink{H8248} also: so I drank,{H8354} and she made{H8248} the camels{H1581} drink{H8248} also.

And I asked{H7592} her, and said,{H559} Whose daughter{H1323} art thou? And she said,{H559} The daughter{H1323} of Bethuel,{H1328} Nahor's{H5152} son,{H1121} whom Milcah{H4435} bare{H3205} unto him: and I put{H7760} the ring{H5141} upon her nose,{H639} and the bracelets{H6781} upon her hands.{H3027}

And I bowed my head,{H6915} and worshipped{H7812} Jehovah,{H3068} and blessed{H1288} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of my master{H113} Abraham,{H85} who had led me{H5148} in the right{H571} way{H1870} to take{H3947} my master's{H113} brother's{H251} daughter{H1323} for his son.{H1121}

And now if ye will{H3426} deal{H6213} kindly{H2617} and truly{H571} with my master,{H113} tell{H5046} me: and if not, tell{H5046} me; that I may turn{H6437} to the right hand,{H3225} or{H176} to the left.{H8040}

Then Laban{H3837} and Bethuel{H1328} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} The thing{H1697} proceedeth{H3318} from Jehovah:{H3068} we cannot{H3201} speak{H1696} unto thee bad{H7451} or{H176} good.{H2896}

Behold, Rebekah{H7259} is before thee,{H6440} take{H3947} her, and go,{H3212} and let her be thy master's{H113} son's{H1121} wife,{H802} as Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken.{H1696}

And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's{H85} servant{H5650} heard{H8085} their words,{H1697} he bowed himself down{H7812} to the earth{H776} unto Jehovah.{H3068}

And the servant{H5650} brought forth{H3318} jewels{H3627} of silver,{H3701} and jewels{H3627} of gold,{H2091} and raiment,{H899} and gave{H5414} them to Rebekah:{H7259} he gave{H5414} also to her brother{H251} and to her mother{H517} precious things.{H4030}

And they did eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} he and the men{H582} that were with him, and tarried all night;{H3885} and they rose up{H6965} in the morning,{H1242} and he said,{H559} Send me away{H7971} unto my master.{H113}

And her brother{H251} and her mother{H517} said,{H559} Let the damsel{H5291} abide{H3427} with us [a few] days,{H3117} at the least{H176} ten;{H6218} after{H310} that she shall go.{H3212}

And he said{H559} unto them, Hinder me{H309} not, seeing Jehovah{H3068} hath prospered{H6743} my way;{H1870} send me away{H7971} that I may go{H3212} to my master.{H113}

And they said,{H559} We will call{H7121} the damsel,{H5291} and inquire{H7592} at her mouth.{H6310}

And they called{H7121} Rebekah,{H7259} and said{H559} unto her, Wilt thou go{H3212} with this man?{H376} And she said,{H559} I will go.{H3212}

And they sent away{H7971} Rebekah{H7259} their sister,{H269} and her nurse,{H3243} and Abraham's{H85} servant,{H5650} and his men.{H582}

And they blessed{H1288} Rebekah,{H7259} and said{H559} unto her, Our{H859} sister,{H269} be thou{H1961} [the mother] of thousands{H505} of ten thousands,{H7233} and let thy seed{H2233} possess{H3423} the gate{H8179} of those that hate{H8130} them.

And Rebekah{H7259} arose,{H6965} and her damsels,{H5291} and they rode{H7392} upon the camels,{H1581} and followed{H3212} the man:{H376} and the servant{H5650} took{H3947} Rebekah,{H7259} and went his way.{H3212}

And Isaac{H3327} came{H935} from the way{H935} of Beer-lahai-roi;{H883} for he dwelt{H3427} in the land{H776} of the South.{H5045}

And Isaac{H3327} went out{H3318} to meditate{H7742} in{H6437} the field{H7704} at the eventide:{H6153} and he lifted up{H5375} his eyes,{H5869} and saw,{H7200} and, behold, there were camels{H1581} coming.{H935}

And Rebekah{H7259} lifted up{H5375} her eyes,{H5869} and when she saw{H7200} Isaac,{H3327} she alighted{H5307} from{H5921} the camel.{H1581}

And she said{H559} unto the servant,{H5650} What{H4310} man{H376} is this{H1976} that walketh{H1980} in the field{H7704} to meet us?{H7125} And the servant{H5650} said,{H559} It is my master:{H113} and she took{H3947} her veil,{H6809} and covered herself.{H3680}

And the servant{H5650} told{H5608} Isaac{H3327} all the things{H1697} that he had done.{H6213}

And Isaac{H3327} brought her{H935} into his mother{H517} Sarah's{H8283} tent,{H168} and took{H3947} Rebekah,{H7259} and she became his wife;{H802} and he loved{H157} her: and Isaac{H3327} was comforted{H5162} after{H310} his mother's{H517} death.