⁵² When Abraham’s servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.^{(A) 53} Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles of clothing^(B) and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts^(C) to her brother and to her mother. 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^(D) to my master.”

⁵⁵ But her brother and her mother replied, “Let the young woman remain with us ten days or so;^(E) then you^[a] may go.”

⁵⁶ But he said to them, “Do not detain me, now that the Lord has granted success^(F) to my journey. Send me on my way^(G) so I may go to my master.”

⁵⁷ Then they said, “Let’s call the young woman and ask her about it.”^{(H) 58} So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?”

“I will go,”^(I) she said.

⁵⁹ So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way,^(J) along with her nurse^(K) and Abraham’s servant and his men. ⁶⁰ And they blessed^(L) Rebekah and said to her,

⁶¹ Then Rebekah and her attendants^(O) got ready and mounted the camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

²¹ Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless.^(A) The Lord answered his prayer,^(B) and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. ²² The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.^(C)

²³ The Lord said to her,