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Fyrsta bók Móse 24
Icelandic Bible
Fyrsta bók Móse 24
Icelandic Bible
24 Abraham var gamall og hniginn að aldri, og Drottinn hafði blessað Abraham í öllu.
2 Þá sagði Abraham við þjón sinn, þann er elstur var í húsi hans og umsjónarmaður yfir öllu, sem hann átti:
3 "Legg þú hönd þína undir lend mína, og vinn mér eið að því við Drottin, Guð himinsins og Guð jarðarinnar, að þú skulir ekki taka syni mínum til handa konu af dætrum Kanaaníta, er ég bý á meðal,
4 heldur skaltu fara til föðurlands míns og til ættfólks míns, og taka konu handa Ísak syni mínum."
5 Þjónninn svaraði honum: "En ef konan vill ekki fara með mér til þessa lands, á ég þá að fara með son þinn aftur í það land, sem þú fórst úr?"
6 Og Abraham sagði við hann: "Varastu að fara með son minn þangað!
7 Drottinn, Guð himinsins, sem tók mig úr húsi föður míns og úr ættlandi mínu, hann sem hefir talað við mig og svarið mér og sagt: ,Þínum niðjum mun ég gefa þetta land,` hann mun senda engil sinn á undan þér, að þú megir þaðan fá syni mínum konu.
8 Og vilji konan ekki fara með þér, þá ertu leystur af eiðnum. En með son minn mátt þú ekki fyrir nokkurn mun fara þangað aftur."
9 Þá lagði þjónninn hönd sína undir lend Abrahams húsbónda síns og vann honum eið að þessu.
10 Þá tók þjónninn tíu úlfalda af úlföldum húsbónda síns og lagði af stað, og hafði með sér alls konar dýrgripi húsbónda síns. Og hann tók sig upp og hélt til Mesópótamíu, til borgar Nahors.
11 Og hann áði úlföldunum utan borgar hjá vatnsbrunni að kveldi dags, í það mund, er konur voru vanar að ganga út að ausa vatn.
12 Og hann mælti: "Drottinn, Guð húsbónda míns Abrahams. Lát mér heppnast erindi mitt í dag og auðsýn miskunn húsbónda mínum Abraham.
13 Sjá, ég stend við vatnslind, og dætur bæjarmanna ganga út að ausa vatn.
14 Og ef sú stúlka, sem ég segi við: ,Tak niður skjólu þína, að ég megi drekka,` svarar: ,Drekk þú, og ég vil líka brynna úlföldum þínum,` _ hún sé sú, sem þú hefir fyrirhugað þjóni þínum Ísak, og af því mun ég marka, að þú auðsýnir miskunn húsbónda mínum."
15 Áður en hann hafði lokið máli sínu, sjá, þá kom Rebekka, dóttir Betúels, sonar Milku, konu Nahors, bróður Abrahams, og bar hún skjólu sína á öxlinni.
16 En stúlkan var einkar fríð sýnum, mey, og enginn maður hafði kennt hennar. Hún gekk niður að lindinni, fyllti skjólu sína og gekk aftur upp frá lindinni.
17 Þá hljóp þjónninn móti henni og mælti: "Gef mér vatnssopa að drekka úr skjólu þinni."
18 Og hún svaraði: "Drekk, herra minn!" Og hún tók jafnskjótt skjóluna niður af öxlinni í hönd sér og gaf honum að drekka.
19 Og er hún hafði gefið honum að drekka, mælti hún: "Líka skal ég ausa vatn úlföldum þínum, uns þeir hafa drukkið nægju sína."
20 Og hún flýtti sér og steypti úr skjólu sinni í vatnsstokkinn, og hljóp svo aftur að brunninum að ausa vatn. Og hún jós vatn öllum úlföldum hans.
21 En maðurinn starði á hana þegjandi, til þess að komast að raun um, hvort Drottinn hefði látið ferð hans heppnast eða ekki.
22 En er úlfaldar hans höfðu drukkið nægju sína, tók maðurinn nefhring úr gulli, sem vó hálfan sikil, og tvö armbönd og dró á hendur henni. Vógu þau tíu sikla gulls.
23 Því næst mælti hann: "Hvers dóttir ert þú? Segðu mér það. Er rúm í húsi föður þíns til að hýsa oss í nótt?"
24 Og hún sagði við hann: "Ég er dóttir Betúels, sonar Milku, sem hún ól Nahor."
25 Þá sagði hún við hann: "Vér höfum yfrið nóg bæði af hálmi og fóðri, og einnig húsrúm til gistingar."
26 Þá laut maðurinn höfði, bað til Drottins
27 og mælti: "Lofaður sé Drottinn, Guð Abrahams húsbónda míns, sem hefir ekki dregið í hlé miskunn sína og trúfesti við húsbónda minn. Mig hefir Drottinn leitt veginn til húss frænda húsbónda míns."
28 Stúlkan skundaði heim og sagði í húsi móður sinnar frá því, sem við hafði borið.
29 Rebekka átti bróður, sem Laban hét, og Laban hljóp til mannsins út að lindinni.
30 Og er hann sá hringinn og armböndin á höndum systur sinnar og heyrði orð Rebekku systur sinnar, sem sagði: "Svona talaði maðurinn við mig," þá fór hann til mannsins. Og sjá, hann stóð hjá úlföldunum við lindina.
31 Og hann sagði: "Kom þú inn, blessaður af Drottni. Hví stendur þú hér úti? Ég hefi rýmt til í húsinu, og staður er fyrir úlfalda þína."
32 Þá gekk maðurinn inn í húsið, og Laban spretti af úlföldunum og gaf þeim hálm og fóður, en færði honum vatn til að þvo fætur sína og fætur þeirra manna, sem voru með honum.
33 Og matur var fram borinn fyrir hann, en hann sagði: "Eigi vil ég matar neyta fyrr en ég hefi borið upp erindi mitt." Og menn svöruðu: "Tala þú!"
34 Hann mælti: "Ég er þjónn Abrahams.
35 Drottinn hefir ríkulega blessað húsbónda minn, svo að hann er orðinn auðmaður. Hann hefir gefið honum sauði og naut, silfur og gull, þræla og ambáttir, úlfalda og asna.
36 Og Sara, kona húsbónda míns, hefir alið húsbónda mínum son í elli sinni, og honum hefir hann gefið allt, sem hann á.
37 Og húsbóndi minn tók af mér eið og sagði: ,Þú mátt eigi konu taka syni mínum af dætrum Kanaaníta, er ég bý hjá,
38 heldur skalt þú fara í hús föður míns og til ættingja minna og taka syni mínum konu.`
39 Og ég sagði við húsbónda minn: ,Vera má, að konan vilji ekki fara með mér.`
40 Og hann svaraði mér: ,Drottinn, fyrir hvers augsýn ég hefi gengið, mun senda engil sinn með þér og láta ferð þína heppnast, svo að þú megir fá konu til handa syni mínum af ætt minni og úr húsi föður míns.
41 Þá skaltu vera laus við þann eið, sem þú vinnur mér, ef þú fer til ættingja minna, og vilji þeir ekki gefa þér hana, þá ertu laus við eiðinn, sem ég tek af þér.`
42 Og er ég í dag kom að lindinni, sagði ég: ,Drottinn, Guð Abrahams húsbónda míns. Ætlir þú að láta þá för lánast, sem ég nú er að fara,
43 þá sjá, ég stend við þessa lind, og fari svo, að sú stúlka, sem kemur hingað til að sækja vatn og ég segi við: Gef mér að drekka vatnssopa úr skjólu þinni, _
44 svarar mér: Drekk þú, og líka skal ég ausa úlföldum þínum vatn, _ hún sé sú kona, sem Drottinn hefir fyrirhugað syni húsbónda míns.`
45 En áður en ég hafði lokið þessu tali við sjálfan mig, sjá, þá kom Rebekka út þangað með skjólu sína á öxlinni og gekk niður að lindinni og bar upp vatn. Og ég sagði við hana: ,Gef mér að drekka!`
46 Og óðara tók hún skjóluna niður af öxlinni og sagði: ,Drekk þú, og líka skal ég brynna úlföldum þínum.` Og ég drakk, og hún brynnti líka úlföldunum.
47 Þá spurði ég hana og mælti: ,Hvers dóttir ert þú?` Og hún sagði: ,Dóttir Betúels, sonar Nahors, sem Milka ól honum.` Lét ég þá hringinn í nef hennar og armböndin á hendur hennar.
48 Og ég laut höfði og bað til Drottins, og ég lofaði Drottin, Guð Abrahams húsbónda míns, sem hafði leitt mig hinn rétta veg til að taka bróðurdóttur húsbónda míns syni hans til handa.
49 Og nú, ef þér viljið sýna vináttu og tryggð húsbónda mínum, þá segið mér það. En viljið þér það ekki þá segið mér og það, svo að ég geti snúið mér hvort heldur væri til hægri eða vinstri."
50 Þá svöruðu þeir Laban og Betúel og sögðu: "Þetta er frá Drottni komið. Við getum ekkert við þig sagt, hvorki illt né gott.
51 Sjá, Rebekka er á þínu valdi, tak þú hana og far þína leið, að hún verði kona sonar húsbónda þíns, eins og Drottinn hefir sagt."
52 Og er þjónn Abrahams heyrði þessi orð, laut hann til jarðar fyrir Drottni.
53 Og þjónninn tók upp skartgripi af silfri og skartgripi af gulli og klæði, og gaf Rebekku, en bróður hennar og móður gaf hann gersemar.
54 Því næst átu þeir og drukku, hann og mennirnir, sem með honum voru, og gistu þar um nóttina. Er þeir voru risnir úr rekkju um morguninn, mælti hann: "Látið mig nú fara heim til húsbónda míns."
55 Þá svöruðu bróðir hennar og móðir: "Leyf þú stúlkunni að vera hjá oss enn nokkurn tíma eða eina tíu daga. Þá má hún fara."
56 En hann svaraði þeim: "Tefjið mig ekki! Drottinn hefir látið ferð mína heppnast. Leyfið mér að fara heim til húsbónda míns."
57 Þau sögðu þá: "Við skulum kalla á stúlkuna og spyrja hana sjálfa."
58 Þá kölluðu þau á Rebekku og sögðu við hana: "Vilt þú fara með þessum manni?" Og hún sagði: "Ég vil fara."
59 Þá létu þau Rebekku systur sína og fóstru hennar fara með þjóni Abrahams og mönnum hans.
60 Þau blessuðu Rebekku og sögðu við hana: "Systir vor, vaxi af þér þúsundir þúsunda og eignist niðjar þínir borgarhlið fjandmanna sinna!"
61 Þá tók Rebekka sig upp með þernum sínum, og þær riðu úlföldunum og fóru með manninum. Og þjónninn tók Rebekku og fór leiðar sinnar.
62 Ísak hafði gengið að Beer-lahaj-róí, því að hann bjó í Suðurlandinu.
63 Og Ísak hafði gengið út að áliðnum degi til að hugleiða úti á mörkinni, og hann hóf upp augu sín og sá úlfalda koma.
64 Og Rebekka leit upp og sá Ísak. Sté hún þá jafnskjótt niður af úlfaldanum.
65 Og hún sagði við þjóninn: "Hver er þessi maður, sem kemur á móti oss þarna á mörkinni?" Og þjónninn svaraði: "Það er húsbóndi minn." Þá tók hún skýluna og huldi sig.
66 Og þjónninn sagði Ísak frá öllu því, sem hann hafði gjört.
67 Og Ísak leiddi hana í tjald Söru móður sinnar, og tók Rebekku og hún varð kona hans og hann elskaði hana. Og Ísak huggaðist af harmi þeim, er hann bar eftir móður sína.
Genesis 24
New International Version
Genesis 24
New International Version
Isaac and Rebekah
24 Abraham was now very old,(A) and the Lord had blessed(B) him in every way.(C) 2 He said to the senior servant(D) in his household, the one in charge of all that he had,(E) “Put your hand under my thigh.(F) 3 I want you to swear(G) by the Lord, the God of heaven(H) and the God of earth,(I) that you will not get a wife for my son(J) from the daughters of the Canaanites,(K) among whom I am living,(L) 4 but will go to my country and my own relatives(M) and get a wife for my son Isaac.(N)”
5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land?(O) Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?(P)”
6 “Make sure that you do not take my son back there,”(Q) Abraham said. 7 “The Lord, the God of heaven,(R) who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land(S) and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring[a](T) I will give this land’(U)—he will send his angel before you(V) so that you can get a wife for my son from there. 8 If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath(W) of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”(X) 9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh(Y) of his master(Z) Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
10 Then the servant left, taking with him ten of his master’s camels(AA) loaded with all kinds of good things(AB) from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim[b](AC) and made his way to the town of Nahor.(AD) 11 He had the camels kneel down near the well(AE) outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.(AF)
12 Then he prayed, “Lord, God of my master Abraham,(AG) make me successful(AH) today, and show kindness(AI) to my master Abraham. 13 See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.(AJ) 14 May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink,(AK) and I’ll water your camels too’(AL)—let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac.(AM) By this I will know(AN) that you have shown kindness to my master.”
15 Before he had finished praying,(AO) Rebekah(AP) came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel(AQ) son of Milkah,(AR) who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.(AS) 16 The woman was very beautiful,(AT) a virgin;(AU) no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.
17 The servant hurried to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.”(AV)
18 “Drink,(AW) my lord,” she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
19 After she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels(AX) too,(AY) until they have had enough to drink.” 20 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.(AZ) 21 Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the Lord had made his journey successful.(BA)
22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring(BB) weighing a beka[c] and two gold bracelets(BC) weighing ten shekels.[d] 23 Then he asked, “Whose daughter are you?(BD) Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?(BE)”
24 She answered him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milkah bore to Nahor.(BF)” 25 And she added, “We have plenty of straw and fodder,(BG) as well as room for you to spend the night.”
26 Then the man bowed down and worshiped the Lord,(BH) 27 saying, “Praise be to the Lord,(BI) the God of my master Abraham,(BJ) who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness(BK) to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey(BL) to the house of my master’s relatives.”(BM)
28 The young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.(BN) 29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban,(BO) and he hurried out to the man at the spring. 30 As soon as he had seen the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s arms,(BP) 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. 31 “Come, you who are blessed by the Lord,”(BQ) he said. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
32 So the man went to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and fodder(BR) were brought for the camels, and water for him and his men to wash their feet.(BS) 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.
34 So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant.(BT) 35 The Lord has blessed(BU) my master abundantly,(BV) and he has become wealthy.(BW) He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.(BX) 36 My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age,(BY) and he has given him everything he owns.(BZ) 37 And my master made me swear an oath,(CA) and said, ‘You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,(CB) 38 but go to my father’s family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.’(CC)
39 “Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’(CD)
40 “He replied, ‘The Lord, before whom I have walked faithfully,(CE) will send his angel with you(CF) and make your journey a success,(CG) so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father’s family.(CH) 41 You will be released from my oath if, when you go to my clan, they refuse to give her to you—then you will be released from my oath.’(CI)
42 “When I came to the spring today, I said, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success(CJ) to the journey on which I have come. 43 See, I am standing beside this spring.(CK) If a young woman(CL) comes out to draw water and I say to her, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar,”(CM) 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.’(CN)
45 “Before I finished praying in my heart,(CO) Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder.(CP) She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’(CQ)
46 “She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too.’(CR) So I drank, and she watered the camels also.(CS)
47 “I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’(CT)
“She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel(CU) son of Nahor, whom Milkah bore to him.’(CV)
“Then I put the ring in her nose(CW) and the bracelets on her arms,(CX) 48 and I bowed down and worshiped the Lord.(CY) I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham,(CZ) who had led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.(DA) 49 Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness(DB) to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn.”
50 Laban and Bethuel(DC) answered, “This is from the Lord;(DD) we can say nothing to you one way or the other.(DE) 51 Here is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has directed.(DF)”
52 When Abraham’s servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.(DG) 53 Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles of clothing(DH) and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts(DI) to her brother and to her mother. 54 Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there.
When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way(DJ) to my master.”
55 But her brother and her mother replied, “Let the young woman remain with us ten days or so;(DK) then you[e] may go.”
56 But he said to them, “Do not detain me, now that the Lord has granted success(DL) to my journey. Send me on my way(DM) so I may go to my master.”
57 Then they said, “Let’s call the young woman and ask her about it.”(DN) 58 So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?”
“I will go,”(DO) she said.
59 So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way,(DP) along with her nurse(DQ) and Abraham’s servant and his men. 60 And they blessed(DR) Rebekah and said to her,
“Our sister, may you increase
to thousands upon thousands;(DS)
may your offspring possess
the cities of their enemies.”(DT)
61 Then Rebekah and her attendants(DU) got ready and mounted the camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
62 Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi,(DV) for he was living in the Negev.(DW) 63 He went out to the field one evening to meditate,[f](DX) and as he looked up,(DY) he saw camels approaching. 64 Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel(DZ) 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(EA) and covered herself.
66 Then the servant told Isaac all he had done. 67 Isaac brought her into the tent(EB) of his mother Sarah,(EC) and he married Rebekah.(ED) So she became his wife, and he loved her;(EE) and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.(EF)
Footnotes
- Genesis 24:7 Or seed
- Genesis 24:10 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
- Genesis 24:22 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams
- Genesis 24:22 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams
- Genesis 24:55 Or she
- Genesis 24:63 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Genesis 24
King James Version
Genesis 24
King James Version
24 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.
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