Isaac and Rebekah

24 Abraham was now very old,^(A) and the Lord had blessed^(B) him in every way.^{(C) 2} He said to the senior servant^(D) in his household, the one in charge of all that he had,^(E) “Put your hand under my thigh.^{(F) 3} I want you to swear^(G) by the Lord, the God of heaven^(H) and the God of earth,^(I) that you will not get a wife for my son^(J) from the daughters of the Canaanites,^(K) among whom I am living,^{(L) 4} but will go to my country and my own relatives^(M) and get a wife for my son Isaac.^(N)”

⁵ The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land?^(O) Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?^(P)”

⁶ “Make sure that you do not take my son back there,”^(Q) Abraham said. ⁷ “The Lord, the God of heaven,^(R) who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land^(S) and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring^[a](T) I will give this land’^(U)—he will send his angel before you^(V) so that you can get a wife for my son from there. ⁸ If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath^(W) of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”^{(X) 9} So the servant put his hand under the thigh^(Y) of his master^(Z) Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

¹² Then he prayed, “Lord, God of my master Abraham,^(A) make me successful^(B) today, and show kindness^(C) to my master Abraham.

¹⁵ Before he had finished praying,^(A) Rebekah^(B) came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel^(C) son of Milkah,^(D) who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.^(E)

²⁷ saying, “Praise be to the Lord,^(A) the God of my master Abraham,^(B) who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness^(C) to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey^(D) to the house of my master’s relatives.”^(E)

³⁴ So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant.^{(A) 35} The Lord has blessed^(B) my master abundantly,^(C) and he has become wealthy.^(D) He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.^{(E) 36} My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age,^(F) and he has given him everything he owns.^{(G) 37} And my master made me swear an oath,^(H) and said, ‘You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,^{(I) 38} but go to my father’s family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.’^(J)

³⁹ “Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’^(K)

⁴⁰ “He replied, ‘The Lord, before whom I have walked faithfully,^(L) will send his angel with you^(M) and make your journey a success,^(N) so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father’s family.^{(O) 41} You will be released from my oath if, when you go to my clan, they refuse to give her to you—then you will be released from my oath.’^(P)

⁴² “When I came to the spring today, I said, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success^(Q) to the journey on which I have come.

⁴⁴ and if she says to me, “Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels too,” let her be the one the Lord has chosen for my master’s son.’^(A)

⁴⁸ and I bowed down and worshiped the Lord.^(A) I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham,^(B) who had led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.^{(C) 49} Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness^(D) to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn.”

⁵¹ Here is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has directed.^(A)”

⁵² When Abraham’s servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.^(B)

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.”