Gen. 24:4‑67• 4but thou shalt go to my land and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
5And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I, then, bring thy son again anywise to the land from which thou camest?
6And Abraham said to him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
7Jehovah, the God of the heavens, who took me out of my father's house and out of the land of my nativity, and who spake to me and who swore to me, saying, To thy seed will I give this land; even he will send his angel before thee; and thou shalt take a wife thence for my son.
8And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then shalt thou be clear from this mine oath: only bring not my son thither again.
9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
10And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master and departed (now all the treasure of his master was under his hand); and he rose and went to Aram-naharaim , to the city of Nachor.
11And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water, at evening time, at the time that women go out to draw [water].
12And he said, Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, meet me, I pray thee, this day, and do kindness to my master Abraham.
13Behold, I stand by the fountain of water; and daughters of men of the city come out to draw water.
14And let it come to pass [that] the maiden, to whom I shall say, Let down, I pray thee, thy pitcher, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also, [be] she whom thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and hereby shall I know that thou hast done kindly to my master.
15And it came to pass before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah wife of Nachor brother of Abraham, and her pitcher [she had] upon her shoulder.
16And the maiden was very fair to look on, a virgin, and no man had known her; and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
17And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me sip, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher.
18And she said, Drink, my lord; and she hasted, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink.
19And when she had done giving him drink, she said, Also for thy camels I will draw, until they have done drinking.
20And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
21And the man wondered at her, holding his peace to know whether Jehovah prospered his way or not.
22And it came to pass, when the camels had done drinking, that the man took a gold ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets of ten [shekels] of gold,
23and said, Whose daughter [art] thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there in thy father's house room for us to lodge in?
24And she said to him, I [am] daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nachor.
25And she said to him, [There is] both straw and much provender with us, and room to lodge in.
26And the man bowed down and paid worship to Jehovah,
27and said, Blessed [be] Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, who hath not withdrawn his mercy and his truth from my master; I [being] in the way, Jehovah hath led me to the house of my master's brethren.
28And the maiden ran and told her mother's house according to these words.
29And Rebecca had a brother, and his name [was] Laban; and Laban ran out to the man to the well.
30And it came to pass when he saw the ring and bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebecca his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man to me, that he came to the man, and behold, he was standing by the camels at the well.
31And he said, Come in, blessed of Jehovah: why standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for camels.
32And the man came into the house, and ungirded the camels; and he gave the camels straw and provender, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
33And there was set before him to eat; but he said, I will not eat until I have told my business. And he said, Speak on.
34And he said, I [am] Abraham's servant.
35And Jehovah hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and he hath given him sheep and cattle, and silver and gold, and bondmen and bondwomen, and camels and asses.
36And Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master after she had grown old, and to him hath he given all that he hath.
37And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of a Canaanite, in whose land I am dwelling;
38but thou shalt by all means go to my father's house and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.
39And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me.
40And he said to me, Jehovah before whom I have walked will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way, that thou mayest take a wife for my son of my kindred and out of my father's house.
41Then shalt thou be quit of mine oath, when thou shalt be come to my kindred; and if they give thee not, thou shalt be quit of mine oath.
42And I came this day to the fountain, and said, Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, if now thou wilt prosper my way on which I go,
43behold, I stand by the fountain of water, and let it come to pass that the damsel who cometh forth to draw, and to whom I shall say, Give me I pray, a little water out of thy pitcher to drink,
44and she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels—that she [shall] be the woman whom Jehovah hath appointed for my master's son.
45Before I ended speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder, and went down to the fountain, and drew; and I said to her, Give me, I pray thee to drink.
46And she hasted and let down her pitcher from her, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. And I drank; and she gave the camels drink also.
47And I asked her and said, Whose daughter [art] thou? And she said, Bethuel's daughter (Nachor's son) whom Milcah bore to him. And I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.
48And I bowed down and worshipped Jehovah, and blessed Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, who led me in a way of truth to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.
49And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me; and I will turn to the right hand or to the left.
50And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from Jehovah: we cannot speak to thee bad or good.
51Behold, Rebekah [is] before thee: take [her], and go away; and let her be wife of thy master's son, as Jehovah hath said.
52And it came to pass, when Abraham's servant heard their words that he bowed down to the earth before Jehovah.
53And the servant brought forth vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and clothing, and gave [them] to Rebekah; he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
54And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and lodged. And they rose up in the morning; and he said, Send me away to my master.
55And her brother and her mother said, Let the maiden abide with us days, at least ten; after that she shall go.
56And he said to them, Hinder me not, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way; send me away to go to my master.
57And they said, We will call the maiden, and inquire at her mouth.
58And they called Rebekah and said to her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
59And they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.
60And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister, become thou thousands of tens of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them!
61And Rebecca arose, and her maids, and they rode upon the camels and followed the man; and the servant took Rebekah and went away.
62And Isaac had just come from Beer-la-hai-roi; for he was dwelling in the south country.
63And Isaac had gone out to meditate in the field, toward the beginning of evening. And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and, behold, camels were coming.
64And Rebekah lifted up her eyes and saw Isaac, and she lighted off the camel.
65And she said to the servant, Who [is] the man that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant said, That is my master; and she took the veil and covered herself.
66And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
67And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. (Gen. 24:4‑67)