Genesis 24:22-64

New American Standard Bible

²² When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a ^(A)gold ring weighing a ^[a]half-shekel, and two bracelets for her ^[b]wrists weighing ten shekels in gold, ²³ and he said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room for us to stay overnight at your father’s house?” ²⁴ She said to him, “^(B)I am the daughter of Bethuel, Milcah’s son, whom she bore to Nahor.” ²⁵ Again she said to him, “We have plenty of both straw and feed, and room to stay overnight.” ²⁶ Then the man ^(C)bowed low and worshiped the Lord. ²⁷ And he said, “^(D)Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned ^(E)His kindness and His trustworthiness toward my master; as for me, ^(F)the Lord has guided me in the way to the house of my master’s brothers.”

²⁸ Then ^(G)the young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things. ²⁹ Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was ^(H)Laban; and Laban ran outside to the man at the spring. ³⁰ When he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s ^[c]wrists, and when he heard the words of his sister Rebekah, saying, “^[d]This is what the man said to me,” he went to the man; and behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring. ³¹ And he said, “^(I)Come in, ^(J)blessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside, since ^(K)I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels?” ³² So the man entered the house. Then ^[e](L)Laban unloaded the camels, and he gave straw and feed to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. ³³ But when food was set before him to eat, he said, “I will not eat until I have stated my business.” And he said, “Speak on.” ³⁴ So he said, “I am ^(M)Abraham’s servant. ³⁵ The Lord has greatly ^(N)blessed my master, so that he has become ^[f]rich; and He has given him ^(O)flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and slave women, and camels and donkeys. ³⁶ Now ^(P)my master’s wife Sarah bore a son to my master ^[g]in her old age, and ^(Q)he has given him all that he has. ^37 (R)My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live; ³⁸ but you shall go to my father’s house and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’ ³⁹ Then ^(S)I said to my master, ‘Suppose the woman does not follow me.’ ⁴⁰ And he said to me, ‘^(T)The Lord, before whom I have ^(U)walked, will send ^(V)His angel with you to make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father’s house; ^41 (W)then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.’

⁴² “So ^(X)I came today to the spring, and said, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I have been going ^(Y)successful; ⁴³ behold, ^(Z)I am standing by the ^[h]spring, and may it be that the ^[i]young unmarried woman who comes out to draw water, and to whom I say, “^(AA)Please let me drink a little water from your jar”; ⁴⁴ and she says to me, “You drink, and I will draw for your camels also”—let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.’

⁴⁵ “Before I had finished ^(AB)speaking in my heart, behold, ^(AC)Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew water, and ^(AD)I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’ ⁴⁶ She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, ‘^(AE)Drink, and I will water your camels also’; so I drank, and she watered the camels also. ^47 (AF)Then I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ And she said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him’; and I put the ^(AG)ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her ^[j]wrists. ⁴⁸ And I ^(AH)bowed low and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, ^(AI)who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son. ⁴⁹ So now if you are going to ^[k](AJ)deal kindly and truthfully with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me now, so that I may turn to the right or the left.”

⁵⁰ Then Laban and Bethuel replied, “^(AK)The matter has come from the Lord; ^(AL)so we cannot speak to you bad or good. ⁵¹ Here is Rebekah before you, take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has spoken.”

⁵² When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he ^(AM)bowed himself to the ground ^[l]before the Lord. ⁵³ And the servant brought out ^(AN)articles of silver and articles of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother. ⁵⁴ Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they got up in the morning, he said, “^(AO)Send me away to my master.” ⁵⁵ But her brother and her mother said, “^(AP)Let the young woman stay with us a few days, say ten; afterward she may go.” ⁵⁶ However, he said to them, “Do not delay me, since ^(AQ)the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away so that I may go to my master.” ⁵⁷ And they said, “We will call the young woman and ^[m]ask her.” 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 their sister Rebekah and ^(AR)her nurse with Abraham’s servant and his men. ⁶⁰ And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,

⁶¹ Then Rebekah got up with her female attendants, and they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.

Isaac Marries Rebekah

⁶² Now Isaac had come back from ^[o]a journey to ^(AU)Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in ^(AV)the ^[p]Negev. ⁶³ Isaac went out ^(AW)to ^[q]meditate in the field toward evening; and ^(AX)he raised his eyes and looked, and behold, camels were coming. ⁶⁴ Rebekah raised her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel.