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GE-24:1 And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age: and
the LORD
had blessed Abraham in all things.
GE-24:2 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:
GE-24:3 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:
GE-24:4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred,
and
take a wife unto my son Isaac.
GE-24:5 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?
GE-24:6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring
not my
son thither again.
GE-24:7 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.
GE-24:8 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.
GE-24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham
his
master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
GE-24:10 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.
GE-24:11 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].
GE-24:12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray
thee,
send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master
Abraham.
GE-24:13 Behold, I stand [here] by the well of water; and the
daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
GE-24:14 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 showed kindness unto my master.
GE-24:15 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.
GE-24:16 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.
GE-24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I
pray
thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
GE-24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let
down
her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
GE-24:19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I
will
draw [water] for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
GE-24:20 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.
GE-24:21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit
whether
the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
GE-24:22 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;
GE-24:23 And said, Whose daughter [art] thou? tell me, I pray
thee:
is there room [in] thy father's house for us to lodge in?
GE-24:24 And she said unto him, I [am] the daughter of Bethuel
the
son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
GE-24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and
provender
enough, and room to lodge in.
GE-24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the
LORD.
GE-24:27 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.
GE-24:28 And the damsel ran, and told [them of] her mother's
house
these things.
GE-24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban:
and
Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
GE-24:30 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.
GE-24:31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD;
wherefore
standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room
for the
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