12 Then he (A)said, “O Lord God of my master Abraham, please (B)give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. 13 Behold, here (C)I stand by the well of water, and (D)the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. 14 Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And (E)by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

15 And it happened, (F)before he had finished speaking, that behold, (G)Rebekah,[a] who was born to Bethuel, son of (H)Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. 16 Now the young woman (I)was very beautiful to behold, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher.”

18 (J)So she said, “Drink, my lord.” Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her hand, and gave him a drink. 19 And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” 20 Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. 21 And the man, wondering at her, remained silent so as to know whether (K)the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:15 Rebecca, Rom. 9:10

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 (A)Beer Lahai Roi, for he dwelt in the South. 63 And Isaac went out (B)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 (C)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 (D)took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac (E)was comforted after his mother’s death.

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