24 (7) The Lord God of heaven, Who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and Who spoke to me, and swore to me, saying, To thy seed will I give this land; He shall send His angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from there.

(8) And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son back there.

(9) And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Avraham his master, and swore to him concerning that matter.

(10) And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Aram-naharayim, to the city of Naĥor.

(11) And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at the time of evening, at the time that the women go out to draw water.

(12) And he said, O Lord God of my master Avraham, I pray Thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness to my master Avraham.

(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 girl to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let her be she that Thou hast appointed for Thy servant Yiżĥaq; and thereby shall I know that Thou hast shown kindness to my master.

(15) And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rivqa came out, who was born to Betu᾽el, son of Milka, the wife of Naĥor, Avraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

(16) And the girl was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man 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, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

(18) And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hastened, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

(19) And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

(20) And she hastened, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

(21) And the man wondering at her held his peace, to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.

(22) And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of 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 in?

(24) And she said to him, I am the daughter of Betu᾽el the son of Milka, whom she bore to Naĥor.

(25) And she said to him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

(26) And the man bowed down his head, and prostrated himself to the Lord.

(27) And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Avraham, Who has not left my master destitute of His love and His truth: as for me, the Lord has guided me in the way to the house of my master’s brethren.

(28) And the girl ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.

(29) And Rivqa had a brother, and his name was Lavan: and Lavan ran out to the man, to the well.

(30) And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rivqa his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man to me; that he came to the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

(31) And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; why dost thou stand outside? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

(32) And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him.