And I willmaketheeswear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, thatthoushalt not take a wifeunto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, amongwhom I dwell:
And the servantsaidunto him, Peradventure the womanwill not be willing to follow me untothisland: must I needsbring thy son againunto the landfromwhencethoucamest?
The LORD God of heaven, whichtook me from my father’shouse, and from the land of my kindred, and whichspakeunto me, and thatswareunto me, saying, Unto thy seedwill I givethisland; he shallsend his angelbeforethee, and thoushalttake a wifeunto my son fromthence.
And the servanttook ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his masterwere in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I praythee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I willgive thy camelsdrinkalso: let the same be she thatthouhastappointed for thy servantIsaac; and therebyshall I knowthatthouhastshewedkindnessunto my master.
And it came to pass, before he had donespeaking, that, behold, Rebekahcame out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’sbrother, with her pitcherupon her shoulder.
And it came to pass, as the camels had donedrinking, that the man took a goldenearring of half a shekelweight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekelsweight of gold;
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my masterAbraham, who hath not leftdestitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’sbrethren.
And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and braceletsupon his sister’shands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thusspake the man unto me; that he cameunto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
And the man cameinto the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gavestraw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’sfeetthatwerewith him.
And the LORDhathblessed my mastergreatly; and he is becomegreat: and he hathgiven him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
And he saidunto me, The LORD, beforewhom I walk, willsend his angelwiththee, and prosper thy way; and thoushalttake a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’shouse:
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shallcome to pass, thatwhen the virgincomethforth to drawwater, and I say to her, Give me, I praythee, a littlewater of thy pitcher to drink;
And before I had donespeaking in mineheart, behold, Rebekahcameforthwith her pitcher on her shoulder; and she wentdownunto the well, and drewwater: and I saidunto her, Let me drink, I praythee.
And she madehaste, and let down her pitcherfrom her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I willgive thy camelsdrinkalso: so I drank, and she made the camelsdrinkalso.
And I asked her, and said, Whosedaughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whomMilcahbareunto him: and I put the earringupon her face, and the braceletsupon her hands.
And I boweddown my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my masterAbraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’sbrother’sdaughterunto his son.
And the servantbroughtforthjewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gavethem to Rebekah: he gavealso to her brother and to her motherpreciousthings.
And they did eat and drink, he and the men thatwerewith him, and tarried all night; and theyrose up in the morning, and he said, Send me awayunto my master.
And theyblessedRebekah, and saidunto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seedpossess the gate of thosewhichhatethem.
For she had saidunto the servant, What man is thisthatwalketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and coveredherself.
And Isaacbrought her into his motherSarah’stent, and tookRebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comfortedafter his mother’sdeath.