10 ¶ So the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed: (for he had all his master’s goods in his hand:) and so he arose, and went to [a]Aram Naharaim, unto the [b]city of Nahor.

11 And he made his camels to [c]lie down without the city by a well of water, at eventide about the time that the women come out to draw water.

12 And he said, O [d]Lord God of my master Abraham, I beseech thee, [e]send me good speed this day, and show mercy unto my master Abraham.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:10 Or, Mesopotamia, or, Syria of the two floods: to wit, of Tigris and Euphrates.
  2. Genesis 24:10 That is, to Haran.
  3. Genesis 24:11 Hebrew, to bow their knees.
  4. Genesis 24:12 He groundeth his prayer upon God’s promise made to his master.
  5. Genesis 24:12 Or, cause me to meet.

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