54 And he and the men who were with him ate and drank and stayed all night. Then they arose in the morning, and he said, (A)“Send me away to my master.”

55 But her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay with us a few days, at least ten; after that she may go.”

56 And he said to them, “Do not [a]hinder me, since the Lord has prospered my way; send me away so that I may go to my master.”

57 So they said, “We will call the young woman and ask her personally.” 58 Then they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?”

And she said, “I will go.”

59 So they sent away Rebekah their sister (B)and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her:

“Our sister, may you become
(C)The mother of thousands of ten thousands;
(D)And may your descendants possess
The gates of those who hate them.”

61 Then Rebekah and her maids arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.

62 Now Isaac came from the way of (E)Beer Lahai Roi, for he dwelt in the South. 63 And Isaac went out (F)to meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted his eyes and looked, and there, the camels were coming. 64 Then Rebekah lifted her eyes, and when she saw Isaac (G)she dismounted from her camel; 65 for she had said to the servant, “Who is this man walking in the field to meet us?”

The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took a veil and covered herself.

66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67 Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he (H)took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac (I)was comforted after his mother’s death.

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  1. Genesis 24:56 delay

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(A) to my master.”

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

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

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

“I will go,”(F) she said.

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

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

61 Then Rebekah and her attendants(L) 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,(M) for he was living in the Negev.(N) 63 He went out to the field one evening to meditate,[b](O) and as he looked up,(P) he saw camels approaching. 64 Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel(Q) 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(R) and covered herself.

66 Then the servant told Isaac all he had done. 67 Isaac brought her into the tent(S) of his mother Sarah,(T) and he married Rebekah.(U) So she became his wife, and he loved her;(V) and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.(W)

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