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1 And Abra­ham was old, and well strick­en in age: and the LORD had blessed Abra­ham in all things. 2 And Abra­ham said unto his el­dest ser­vant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand un­der my thigh: 3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heav­en, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daugh­ters of the Canaan­ites, among whom I dwell: 4 But thou shalt go unto my coun­try, and to my kin­dred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. 5 And the ser­vant said unto him, Per­ad­ven­ture the wom­an will not be will­ing to fol­low me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? 6 And Abra­ham said unto him, Be­ware thou that thou bring not my son thith­er again. 7 The LORD God of heav­en, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kin­dred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, say­ing, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his an­gel be­fore thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. 8 And if the wom­an will not be will­ing to fol­low thee, then 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 sware to him con­cern­ing that mat­ter. 10 And the ser­vant took ten camels of the camels of his mas­ter, and de­part­ed; for all the goods of his mas­ter were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Na­hor. 11 And he made his camels to kneel down with­out the city by a well of wa­ter at the time of the evening, even the time that wom­en go out to draw water. 12 And he said, O LORD God of my mas­ter Abra­ham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kind­ness unto my mas­ter Abra­ham. 13 Be­hold, I stand here by the well of wa­ter; and the daugh­ters of the men of the city come out to draw wa­ter: 14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitch­er, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink al­so: let the same be she that thou hast ap­point­ed for thy ser­vant Isaac; and there­by shall I know that thou hast shewed kind­ness unto my mas­ter. 15 And it came to pass, be­fore he had done speak­ing, that, be­hold, Re­bekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milc­ah, the wife of Na­hor, Abraham's broth­er, with her pitch­er upon her shoul­der. 16 And the damsel was very fair to look up­on, a vir­gin, nei­ther had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitch­er, and came up. 17 And the ser­vant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a lit­tle wa­ter of thy pitch­er. 18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hast­ed, and let down her pitch­er upon her hand, and gave him drink. 19 And when she had done giv­ing him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels al­so, un­til they have done drink­ing. 20 And she hast­ed, and emp­tied her pitch­er into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. 21 And the man won­der­ing at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his jour­ney pros­per­ous or not. 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drink­ing, that the man took a gold­en ear­ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; 23 And said, Whose daugh­ter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? 24 And she said unto him, I am the daugh­ter of Bethuel the son of Milc­ah, which she bare unto Na­hor. 25 She said more­over unto him, We have both straw and proven­der enough, and room to lodge in. 26 And the man bowed down his head, and wor­shipped the LORD. 27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my mas­ter Abra­ham, who hath not left des­ti­tute my mas­ter of his mer­cy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren. 28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things. 29 And Re­bekah had a broth­er, and his name was La­ban: and La­ban ran out unto the man, unto the well. 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the ear­ring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Re­bekah his sis­ter, say­ing, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, be­hold, he stood by the camels at the well. 31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; where­fore stand­est thou with­out? for I have pre­pared the house, and room for the camels. 32 And the man came into the house: and he un­gird­ed his camels, and gave straw and proven­der for the camels, and wa­ter to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. 33 And there was set meat be­fore him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, un­til I have told mine er­rand. And he said, Speak on. 34 And he said, I am Abraham's ser­vant. 35 And the LORD hath blessed my mas­ter great­ly; and he is be­come great: and he hath giv­en him flocks, and herds, and sil­ver, and gold, and menser­vants, and maid­ser­vants, and camels, and ass­es. 36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my mas­ter when she was old: and unto him hath he giv­en all that he hath. 37 And my mas­ter made me swear, say­ing, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daugh­ters of the Canaan­ites, in whose land I dwell: 38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kin­dred, and take a wife unto my son. 39 And I said unto my mas­ter, Per­ad­ven­ture the wom­an will not fol­low me. 40 And he said unto me, The LORD, be­fore whom I walk, will send his an­gel with thee, and pros­per thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kin­dred, and of my father's house: 41 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kin­dred; and if they give not thee one, 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 now thou do pros­per my way which I go: 43 Be­hold, I stand by the well of wa­ter; and it shall come to pass, that when the vir­gin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a lit­tle wa­ter of thy pitch­er to drink; 44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the wom­an whom the LORD hath ap­point­ed out for my master's son. 45 And be­fore I had done speak­ing in mine heart, be­hold, Re­bekah came forth with her pitch­er on her shoul­der; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 46 And she made haste, and let down her pitch­er from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink al­so: so I drank, and she made the camels drink al­so. 47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daugh­ter art thou? And she said, The daugh­ter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milc­ah bare unto him: and I put the ear­ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. 48 And I bowed down my head, and wor­shipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my mas­ter Abra­ham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daugh­ter unto his son. 49 And now if ye 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. 50 Then La­ban and Bethuel an­swered and said, The thing pro­ceedeth from the LORD: we can­not speak unto thee bad or good. 51 Be­hold, Re­bekah is be­fore thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spo­ken. 52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's ser­vant heard their words, he wor­shipped the LORD, bow­ing himself to the earth. 53 And the ser­vant brought forth jew­els of sil­ver, and jew­els of gold, and rai­ment, and gave them to Re­bekah: he gave also to her broth­er and to her moth­er pre­cious things. 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tar­ried all night; and they rose up in the morn­ing, and he said, Send me away unto my mas­ter. 55 And her broth­er and her moth­er said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; af­ter that she shall go. 56 And he said unto them, Hin­der me not, see­ing the LORD hath pros­pered my way; send me away that I may go to my mas­ter. 57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and en­quire at her mouth. 58 And they called Re­bekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And 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 unto her, Thou art our sis­ter, be thou the mother of thou­sands of mil­lions, and let thy seed pos­sess the gate of those which hate them. 61 And Re­bekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and fol­lowed the man: and the ser­vant took Re­bekah, and went his way. 62 And Isaac came from the way of the well La­hairoi; for he dwelt in the south coun­try. 63 And Isaac went out to med­i­tate in the field at the even­tide: and he lift­ed up his eyes, and saw, and, be­hold, the camels were com­ing. 64 And Re­bekah lift­ed up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she light­ed off the camel. 65 For she had said unto the ser­vant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the ser­vant had said, It is my mas­ter: there­fore she took a vail, and cov­ered her­self. 66 And the ser­vant told Isaac all things that he had done. 67 And Isaac brought her into his moth­er Sarah's tent, and took Re­bekah, and she be­came his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was com­fort­ed af­ter his mother's death.