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(v) 53 Then the servant brought out silver and gold jewelry, together with clothing, and gave them to Rivkah. He also gave valuable gifts to her brother and mother. 54 He and his men then ate and drank and stayed the night.

In the morning they got up; and he said, “Send me off to my master.” 55 Her brother and mother said, “Let the girl stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that, she will go.” 56 He answered them, “Don’t delay me, since Adonai has made my trip successful, but let me go back to my master.” 57 They said, “We will call the girl and see what she says.” 58 They called Rivkah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” and she replied, “I will.”

59 So they sent their sister Rivkah away, with her nurse, Avraham’s servant and his men. 60 They blessed Rivkah with these words: “Our sister, may you be the mother of millions, and may your descendants possess the cities of those who hate them.” 61 Then Rivkah and her maids mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rivkah and went on his way.

62 Meanwhile, Yitz’chak, one evening after coming along the road from Be’er-Lachai-Ro’i — he was living in the Negev — 63 went out walking in the field; and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching. 64 Rivkah too looked up; and when she saw Yitz’chak, she quickly dismounted the camel. 65 She said to the servant, “Who is this man walking in the field to meet us?” When the servant replied, “It’s my master,” she took her veil and covered herself.

66 The servant told Yitz’chak everything he had done. 67 Then Yitz’chak brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent and took Rivkah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. Thus was Yitz’chak comforted for the loss of his mother.

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53 Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles of clothing(A) and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts(B) to her brother and to her mother. 54 Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there.

When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way(C) to my master.”

55 But her brother and her mother replied, “Let the young woman remain with us ten days or so;(D) then you[a] may go.”

56 But he said to them, “Do not detain me, now that the Lord has granted success(E) to my journey. Send me on my way(F) so I may go to my master.”

57 Then they said, “Let’s call the young woman and ask her about it.”(G) 58 So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?”

“I will go,”(H) she said.

59 So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way,(I) along with her nurse(J) and Abraham’s servant and his men. 60 And they blessed(K) Rebekah and said to her,

“Our sister, may you increase
    to thousands upon thousands;(L)
may your offspring possess
    the cities of their enemies.”(M)

61 Then Rebekah and her attendants(N) got ready and mounted the camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

62 Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi,(O) for he was living in the Negev.(P) 63 He went out to the field one evening to meditate,[b](Q) and as he looked up,(R) he saw camels approaching. 64 Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel(S) 65 and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?”

“He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil(T) and covered herself.

66 Then the servant told Isaac all he had done. 67 Isaac brought her into the tent(U) of his mother Sarah,(V) and he married Rebekah.(W) So she became his wife, and he loved her;(X) and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.(Y)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:55 Or she
  2. Genesis 24:63 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.