Genesis 24:21-41

New American Standard Bible

^21 (A)Meanwhile, the man was taking a close look at her ^[a]in silence, to find out whether the Lord had made his journey successful or not.

²² When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a ^(B)gold ring weighing a ^[b]half-shekel, and two bracelets for her ^[c]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, “^(C)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 ^(D)bowed low and worshiped the Lord. ²⁷ And he said, “^(E)Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned ^(F)His kindness and His trustworthiness toward my master; as for me, ^(G)the Lord has guided me in the way to the house of my master’s brothers.”

²⁸ Then ^(H)the young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things. ²⁹ Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was ^(I)Laban; and Laban ran outside to the man at the spring. ³⁰ When he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s ^[d]wrists, and when he heard the words of his sister Rebekah, saying, “^[e]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, “^(J)Come in, ^(K)blessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside, since ^(L)I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels?” ³² So the man entered the house. Then ^[f](M)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 ^(N)Abraham’s servant. ³⁵ The Lord has greatly ^(O)blessed my master, so that he has become ^[g]rich; and He has given him ^(P)flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and slave women, and camels and donkeys. ³⁶ Now ^(Q)my master’s wife Sarah bore a son to my master ^[h]in her old age, and ^(R)he has given him all that he has. ^37 (S)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 ^(T)I said to my master, ‘Suppose the woman does not follow me.’ ⁴⁰ And he said to me, ‘^(U)The Lord, before whom I have ^(V)walked, will send ^(W)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 (X)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.’