![]() 22 Then at last, when the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring for her nose and two large gold bracelets for her wrists.Ģ3 “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. 19 When she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels, too, until they have had enough to drink.” 20 So she quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw water for all his camels.Ģ1 The servant watched her in silence, wondering whether or not the Lord had given him success in his mission. 17 Running over to her, the servant said, “Please give me a little drink of water from your jug.”ġ8 “Yes, my lord,” she answered, “have a drink.” And she quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and gave him a drink. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up again. 16 Rebekah was very beautiful and old enough to be married, but she was still a virgin. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham’s brother Nahor and his wife, Milcah. This is how I will know that you have shown unfailing love to my master.”ġ5 Before he had finished praying, he saw a young woman named Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. I will ask one of them, ‘Please give me a drink from your jug.’ If she says, ‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!’-let her be the one you have selected as Isaac’s wife. 13 See, I am standing here beside this spring, and the young women of the town are coming out to draw water. “Please give me success today, and show unfailing love to my master, Abraham. It was evening, and the women were coming out to draw water.ġ2 “O Lord, God of my master, Abraham,” he prayed. 11 He made the camels kneel beside a well just outside the town. There he went to the town where Abraham’s brother Nahor had settled. ![]() 10 Then he loaded ten of Abraham’s camels with all kinds of expensive gifts from his master, and he traveled to distant Aram-naharaim. He swore to follow Abraham’s instructions. ![]() ![]() But under no circumstances are you to take my son there.”ĩ So the servant took an oath by putting his hand under the thigh of his master, Abraham. 8 If she is unwilling to come back with you, then you are free from this oath of mine. He will send his angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a wife there for my son. 7 For the Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and my native land, solemnly promised to give this land to my descendants. 4 Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.”ĥ The servant asked, “But what if I can’t find a young woman who is willing to travel so far from home? Should I then take Isaac there to live among your relatives in the land you came from?”Ħ “No!” Abraham responded. 3 Swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women. 2 One day Abraham said to his oldest servant, the man in charge of his household, “Take an oath by putting your hand under my thigh. 24 Abraham was now a very old man, and the Lord had blessed him in every way. ![]()
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