Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

113 Hallelujah! Praise, ye servants of Jehovah, praise the name of Jehovah.

² Blessed be the name of Jehovah, from this time forth and for evermore!

³ From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, let Jehovah's name be praised.

⁴ Jehovah is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.

⁵ Who is like unto Jehovah our God, who hath placed his dwelling on high;

⁶ Who humbleth himself to look on the heavens and on the earth?

⁷ He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,

⁸ To set [him] among nobles, among the nobles of his people.

⁹ He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [as] a joyful mother of sons. Hallelujah!

¹¹ And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water, at the time of the evening, when the women came out to draw [water].

¹² And he said, Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, meet me, I pray thee, [with thy blessing] this day, and deal kindly with my master Abraham.

¹³ Behold, I stand [here] by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.

¹⁴ And let it come to pass, [that] the maiden to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink, and who will say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also, be she whom thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and hereby I shall know that thou hast dealt kindly with my master.

¹⁵ And it came to pass before he had ended speaking, that behold, Rebecca came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother; and [she had] her pitcher upon her shoulder.

¹⁶ And the maiden was very fair in countenance; a virgin, and no man had known her. And she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

¹⁷ And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, sip a little water out of thy pitcher.

¹⁸ And she said, Drink, my lord! And she hasted and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him to drink.

¹⁹ And when she had given him enough to drink, she said, I will draw [water] for thy camels also, until they have drunk enough.

²⁰ And she hasted and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw [water]; and she drew for all his camels.

²¹ And the man was astonished at her, remaining silent, to know whether Jehovah had made his journey prosperous or not.

²² And it came to pass when the camels had drunk enough, that the man took a gold ring, of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands, ten [shekels] weight of gold,

²³ and said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room [in] thy father's house for us to lodge?

²⁴ And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.

²⁵ And she said to him, There is straw, and also much provender with us; also room to lodge.

²⁶ And the man stooped, and bowed down before Jehovah,

²⁷ and said, Blessed be Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, who has not withdrawn his loving-kindness and his faithfulness from my master; I being in the way, Jehovah has led me to the house of my master's brethren.

⁹ Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, [having been] wife of one man,

¹⁰ borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.

¹¹ But younger widows decline; for when they grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

¹² being guilty, because they have cast off their first faith.

¹³ And, at the same time, they learn also [to be] idle, going about to people's houses; and not only idle, but also gossipers and meddlers, speaking things not becoming.

¹⁴ I will therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary in respect of reproach.

¹⁵ For already some have turned aside after Satan.

¹⁶ If any believing man or woman have widows, let them impart relief to them, and let not the assembly be charged, that it may impart relief to those [that are] widows indeed.