Genesis 24:1-16 ▼

1 And Abraham was old and come days: and Jehovah praised Abraham in every thing.

2 And Abraham will say to the old man of his house ruling over all which is to him, Put now thy hand under my thigh.

3 And I will cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife to my son, from the daughters of the Canaanites in the midst of whom I shall dwell.

4 For thou shalt go to my land and to my native country, and take a wife to my son, to Isaak.

5 And the servant will say to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to come after me to this land: shall I turning back, turn back your son to the land from whence thou camest?

6 And Abraham will say to him, Observe to thyself that thou shalt not turn back ray son there.

7 Jehovah, God of the heavens, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, and who spake to me, and who sware to me, saying, To thy seed will I give this land: he will send his messenger before thy face, and thou shalt take a wife to my son from thence.

8 And if the woman shall not be willing to come after thee, and thou shalt be clear from this thine oath; only thou shalt not turn back my son there.

9 And the servant will put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and swear to him concerning this word.

10 And the servant shall take ten camels from the camels of his lord, and will go, and all the goods of his lord in his hand; and he will rise and go to Syria of the rivers to the city of Nahor.

11 And he will make his camels to kneel down without the city by the well of waters, at the time of evening, of the going forth to draw water.

12 And he will say, Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, light upon my face this day, and do kindness with lord Abraham.

13 Behold, I stand at the fountain of waters, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water.

14 And it shall be the girl to whom saying to her, incline now thy bucket, and I will drink; and she said, Drink, and I will also give thy camels to drink; thou didst appoint for thy servant Isaak; and by it I shall know that thou didst kindness with my lord.

15 And it shall be before he finished speaking, and behold Rebekah came forth, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and her bucket upon her shoulder.

16 And the girl good of aspect exceedingly; a virgin, and man knew her not: and she will go down to the fountain and fill her bucket, and come up.