Genesis 24:42-49

New International Version

⁴² “When I came to the spring today, I said, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success^(A) to the journey on which I have come. ⁴³ See, I am standing beside this spring.^(B) If a young woman^(C) comes out to draw water and I say to her, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar,”^{(D) 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.’^(E)

⁴⁵ “Before I finished praying in my heart,^(F) Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder.^(G) She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’^(H)

⁴⁶ “She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too.’^(I) So I drank, and she watered the camels also.^(J)

⁴⁷ “I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’^(K)

“She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel^(L) son of Nahor, whom Milkah bore to him.’^(M)

“Then I put the ring in her nose^(N) and the bracelets on her arms,^{(O) 48} and I bowed down and worshiped the Lord.^(P) I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham,^(Q) who had led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.^{(R) 49} Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness^(S) to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn.”