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Genesis 24

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1 Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure.

2 And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:

3 And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

4 But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.

5 And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?

6 And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.

7 The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.

8 And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

9 And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing.

10 And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.

11 And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water.

12 And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.

13 See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get water:

14 Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.

15 And even before his words were ended, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water-vessel on her arm.

16 She was a very beautiful girl, a virgin, who had never been touched by a man: and she went down to the spring to get water in her vessel.

17 And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.

18 And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink.

19 And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough.

20 And after putting the water from her vessel into the animals' drinking-place, she went quickly back to the spring and got water for all the camels.

21 And the man, looking at her, said nothing, waiting to see if the Lord had given his journey a good outcome.

22 And when the camels had had enough, the man took a gold nose-ring, half a shekel in weight, and two ornaments for her arms of ten shekels weight of gold;

23 And said to her, Whose daughter are you? is there room in your father's house for us?

24 And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, Nahor's wife.

25 And she said, We have a great store of dry grass and cattle-food, and there is room for you.

26 And with bent head the man gave worship to the Lord;

27 And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.

28 So the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house

29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he came out quickly to the man at the water-spring.

30 And when he saw the nose-ring and the ornaments on his sister's hands, and when she gave him word of what the man had said to her, then he went out to the man who was waiting with the camels by the water-spring.

31 And he said to him, Come in, you on whom is the blessing of the Lord; why are you waiting outside? for I have made the house ready for you, and a place for the camels.

32 Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass and food, and he gave to him and the men who were with him water for washing their feet.

33 And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.

34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.

35 The Lord has given my master every blessing, and he has become great: he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men-servants and women-servants and camels and asses.

36 And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.

37 And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

38 But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

39 And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come with me?

40 And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and my father's house;

41 And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath.

42 And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,

43 Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says,

44 Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels; let her be the woman marked out by the Lord for my master's son.

45 And even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she went down to the spring to get water; and I said to her, Give me a drink.

46 And straight away she took down her vessel from her arm, and said, Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels.

47 And questioning her, I said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor, and Milcah his wife. Then I put the ring on her nose and the ornaments on her hands.

48 And with bent head I gave worship and praise to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, by whom I had been guided in the right way, to get the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

49 And now, say if you will do what is good and right for my master or not, in order that it may be clear to me what I have to do.

50 Then Laban and Bethuel said in answer, This is the Lord's doing: it is not for us to say Yes or No to you.

51 See, here is Rebekah: take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has said.

52 And at these words, Abraham's servant went down on his face and gave praise to the Lord.

53 Then he took jewels of silver and jewels of gold and fair robes and gave them to Rebekah: and he gave things of value to her mother and her brother.

54 Then he and the men who were with him had food and drink, and took their rest there that night; and in the morning he got up, and said, Let me now go back to my master.

55 But her brother and her mother said, Let the girl be with us a week or ten days, and then she may go.

56 And he said, Do not keep me; the Lord has given a good outcome to my journey; let me now go back to my master.

57 And they said, We will send for the girl, and let her make the decision.

58 And they sent for Rebekah and said to her, Are you ready to go with this man? And she said, I am ready.

59 So they sent their sister Rebekah and her servant with Abraham's servant and his men.

60 And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.

61 So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.

62 Now Isaac had come through the waste land to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the South.

63 And when the evening was near, he went wandering out into the fields, and lifting up his eyes he saw camels coming.

64 And when Rebekah, looking up, saw Isaac, she got down from her camel,

65 And said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it.

66 Then the servant gave Isaac the story of all he had done.

67 And Isaac took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

Orthodox Jewish Bible OJB

1 4 And Avraham was zaken (old), and well stricken in age; and Hashem berach (had blessed) Avraham in all things.

2 And Avraham said unto his eved zekan of his bais, hamoshel (that ruled) over all that he had, Put, now, thy yad under my thigh;

3 And I will make thee swear by Hashem Elohei HaShomayim and Elohei Ha’Aretz, that thou shalt not take an isha unto beni of the Banot HaKena’ani, among whom I dwell:

4 But thou shalt go unto my eretz, and to my moledet, and take an isha unto beni Yitzchak.

5 And the eved said unto him, What if the isha will not be willing to follow me unto HaAretz Hazot: must I needs bring binecha back unto ha’aretz from where thou camest?

6 And Avraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not beni to there!

7 Hashem Elohei HaShomayim, which took me from bais avi,and from the eretz of my moledet, and which spoke unto me, and that swore unto me, saying, Unto thy zera will I give HaAretz Hazot; He shall send His Malach before thee, and thou shalt take an isha unto beni from there.

8 But if the isha will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be released from this my shevu’ah (oath): only do not bring back beni there.

9 And the eved put his yad under yerech Avraham adonav, and swore to him concerning this matter.

10 And the eved took asarah gemalim of the gemalei adonav, and departed; for all the goods of adonav were in his yad: and he arose, and went to Aram Naharayim, [Mesopotamia] unto the Ir Nachor.

11 And he made his gemalim to kneel down outside the Ir near a be’er hamayim at the time of erev, at the time that women go out to draw mayim.

12 And he said Hashem Elohei adoni Avraham, now, send me success this yom, and show chesed unto adoni Avraham.

13 Hinei, I stand here by the ayin hamayim; and the banot anshei haIr come out to draw mayim;

14 And let it come to pass, that the na’arah to whom I shall say, Let down thy jug, now, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy gemalim drink also; let the same be she that Thou hast appointed for Thy eved Yitzchak; and thereby shall I know that Thou hast showed chesed unto adoni.

15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, hinei, Rivkah came out, who was born to Beituel Ben Milcah, eshet Nachor, achi Avraham, with her jug upon her shoulder.

16 And the na’arah was tovat mareh me’od, a betulah, neither had any ish known her: and she went down to haayenah (the spring), and filled her jug, and came up.

17 And the eved hurried to meet her, and said, Let me, now, drink a little mayim of thy jug.

18 And she said,Drink, adoni: and she hasted, and let down her jug upon her yad, and gave him drink

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

20 And she hasted, and emptied her jug into the trough, and ran back unto the be’er to draw, and drew for all his gemalim.

21 And the ish gazed at her and held his peace, so as to have da’as whether Hashem had made his derech prosperous or not.

22 And it came to pass, just as the gemalim had done drinking, that the ish took a nezem zahav (gold ring) by weight a beka, and two tzemidim (bracelets) by weight ten [shekels of] gold for her wrists;

23 And said, Whose bat art thou? Tell me, now: is there makom in the bais of thy av for us to spend the night?

24 And she said unto him, I am Bat Beituel Ben Milcah, the ben which she bore unto Nachor.

25 She said moreover unto him, We have both teven (straw) and mispo (fodder) enough, and makom (room) to spend the night.

26 And the ish bowed his head, worshiped Hashem.

27 And he said, Baruch Hashem Elohei adoni Avraham, who hath not left destitute of His chesed and His emes; I being on the derech, Hashem led me to the bais achei adoni.

28 And the na’arah ran, and told them of her bais em these things.

29 And Rivkah had an ach, shmo Lavan; Lavan ran out unto the ish, unto the ayin.

30 And it came to pass, when he saw the nezem and tzemidim upon the wrists of his achot, and when he heard the words of Rivkah his achot, saying, Thus spoke the ish unto me; that he came unto the ish; and, hinei, he stood by the gemalim at the ayin.

31 And he said, Come in, Baruch Hashem; why standest thou outside? for I have prepared the bais, and makom for the gemalim.

32 And the ish came into the bais; and he unloaded his gemalim, and gave teven (straw) and mispo (fodder) for the camels, and mayim to wash his raglayim, and the raglei haanashim that were with him.

33 And there was set ochel before him to eat; but he said, I will not eat, until I have stated my business. And he said, Speak on.

34 And he said, I am eved Avraham.

35 And Hashem hath blessed adoni me’od; and he is become prospered: and He hath given him tzon, and bakar, and kesef, and zahav, and avadim, and shefachot, and gemalim, and chamorim.

36 And Sarah eshet adoni bore ben to adoni when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

37 And adoni made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take an isha for beni of the Banot HaKena’ani, in whose land I dwell;

38 But thou shalt go unto bais avi, to my mishpokhot, and take an isha unto beni.

39 And I said unto adoni, What if the isha will not follow me.

40 And he said unto me, Hashem, before Whom I walk, will send His Malach with thee, and prosper thy derech; and thou shalt take an isha for beni of my mishpokhot, and of my bais avi;

41 Then shalt thou be released from this my oath, when thou comest to my mishpokhot; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be released from my oath.

42 And I came this day unto the ayin, and said, Hashem Elohei adoni Avraham, if now Thou do prosper my derech which I go;

43 Hinei, I stand by the ayin hamayim; and it shall come to pass, that when haAlmah [haAlmah used here as synonym for na’arahbetulah, Genesis 24:16; see Isaiah 7:14, p.vii-xii] cometh forth to draw mayim, and I say to her, Give me, now, a little mayim of thy jar to drink;

44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy gemalim; let the same be the isha whom Hashem hath appointed for ben adoni.

45 And before I had done davening in mine lev, hinei, Rivkah came forth with her jar on her shoulder; and she went down unto ha’ayenah, and drew: and I said unto her, Let me drink, now.

46 And she made haste, and let down her jar from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy gemalim drink also: so I drank, and she made the gemalim drink also.

47 And I asked her, and said, Whose bat art thou? And she said, Bat Beituel Ben Nachor, the ben whom Milcah bore unto him: and I put the nezem upon her face, and the tzemidim upon her wrists.

48 And I bowed down my head, and worshiped Hashem, and I said a brocha to Hashem Elohei adoni Avraham, which had led me on the derech emes to take bat achi adoni for bno.

49 And now if ye will do chesed and emes to adoni, tell me; and if not, tell me; that I may turn to yamin, or to smol.

50 Then Lavan and Beituel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from Hashem; we cannot speak unto thee rah or tov.

51 Hinei, Rivkah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be isha for ben adonecha, just as Hashem hath spoken.

52 And it came to pass, that, when eved Avraham heard their words, he worshiped Hashem, bowing himself to the ground.

53 And the eved brought forth kelei kesef, and kelei zahav, and begadim, and gave them to Rivkah; he gave also to her ach and to her em migdanot (costly gifts).

54 And they did eat and drink, he and the anashim that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the boker, and he said, Send me away unto adoni.

55 And her ach and her em said, Let the na’arah abide with us ten days or so; after that she shall go.

56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing Hashem hath prospered my derech; send me away that I may go to adoni.

57 And they said, We will call the na’arah, and inquire at her mouth.

58 And they called Rivkah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this ish? And she said, I will go.

59 And they sent away Rivkah their achot, and her nurse, and eved Avraham, and his anashim.

60 And they said a brocha over Rivkah, and said unto her, Thou art achoteinu, may thou be increased to thousands upon thousands and may thy zera possess the sha’ar of those which hate them.

61 And Rivkah arose, and her na’arot, and they rode upon the gemalim, and followed the ish: and the eved took Rivkah, and went his way.

62 And Yitzchak had come from Be’er Lachi Roi; for he dwelt in the eretz hanegev.

63 And Yitzchak went out to meditate in the sadeh at erev: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, hinei, the gemalim (camels) were coming.

64 And Rivkah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Yitzchak, she got down from the gamal.

65 For she had said unto the eved, Who is that ish that walketh in the sadeh to meet us? And the eved had said, He is adoni: therefore she took a veil, and covered herself.

66 And the eved told Yitzchak all things that he had done.

67 And Yitzchak brought her into the ohel of Sarah immo, and took Rivkah, and she became his isha; and he loved her: and Yitzchak was comforted after the [mot] immo.