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.”

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42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for my master's son.

45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.

49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

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