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51 Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become[a] the wife of your master’s son, just as the Lord has decided.”[b]

52 When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord. 53 Then he[c] brought out gold, silver jewelry, and clothing and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave valuable gifts to her brother and to her mother.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:51 tn Following the imperatives, the jussive with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.
  2. Genesis 24:51 tn Heb “as the Lord has spoken.”
  3. Genesis 24:53 tn Heb “the servant”; the noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.