1Abraham was old, advanced in days, and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.2Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house who ruled over all that belonged to him, "Place your hand under my thigh."3I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I dwell.4Instead, you shall go to my land and to my kindred and take a wife for my son Isaac.5The servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land; must I then return your son to the land from which you came?"6Abraham said to him, Be careful that you do not return my son there.7The LORD, the 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 your offspring I will give this land,' he will send his messenger before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.8If the woman is not willing to follow you, you will be released from this oath of mine; only do not return my son there.9So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.10The servant took ten camels from his master's camels and went, taking with him all the goods of his master in his hand; he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.11He made the camels kneel outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when the women who draw water come out.12He said, O LORD, God of my master Abraham, please cause it to happen before me today and show kindness to my master Abraham.13Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.14Let it be that the maiden to whom I say, "Please lower your jar that I may drink," and who says, "Drink, and I will also water your camels," she is the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac; by this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.15Before he had finished speaking, Rebekah came out, she who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor, with her jar on her shoulder.16The maiden was very beautiful in appearance, a virgin whom no man had known; she went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up.17The servant ran to meet her and said, Please give me a little water to drink from your jar.18Drink, my lord, she said, and she quickly lowered her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink.19When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, I will also draw for your camels until they have finished drinking.20She quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.21The man gazed at her in silence to know whether the LORD had prospered his way or not.22When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a bekah and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels and put them on her hands.23He said, Whose daughter are you? Please tell me whether there is room in your father's house for us to lodge.24She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, whom Milcah bore to Nahor."25She also said to him, "We have both straw and much fodder with us, and also room to lodge."26The man bowed down and worshiped the LORD.27He said, Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his kindness and his faithfulness toward my master; as for me, the LORD has led me on the way to the house of my master's brothers.28The maiden ran and told her mother's household about these matters.29Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban, and Laban ran out to the man at the spring.30When he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister's hands and heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus the man spoke to me, he came to the man, and behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.31Come in, you who are blessed by the LORD, he said; why do you stand outside? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.32The man came into the house, and Laban unloaded the camels; he gave straw and fodder to the camels and water to wash the feet of the man and the feet of the men who were with him.33Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have spoken my words." He said, "Speak."34"I am Abraham's servant," he said.35The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great; the LORD has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys.36Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master after she had grown old, and my master has given him all that he has.37My master made me swear, saying, "You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell."38Instead, you shall go to my father's house and to my kindred and take a wife for my son.39I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me.40He said to me, The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send his messenger with you and will prosper your way, and you shall take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father's house.41Then you will be released from my oath; if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.42I came today to the spring and said, O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if you will, prosper the way on which I am going.43Behold, I am standing by the spring of water; let the maiden who comes out to draw water be the one to whom I say, Please give me a little water from your jar.44If she says to me, Drink, and I will also draw for your camels, she is the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master's son.45Before I had finished speaking to my heart, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder; she went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, "Please give me a drink."46She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, Drink, and I will also water your camels; so I drank, and she also watered the camels.47I asked her, Whose daughter are you? She said, The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him; then I placed the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her hands.48I bowed down and worshiped the LORD and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the way of truth to take the daughter of my master's brother for his son.49Now if you will deal kindly and faithfully with my master, tell me; if not, tell me, so that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.50Laban and Bethuel answered, The matter has come from the LORD; we cannot speak to you either bad or good.51Behold, Rebekah is before you; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master's son, as the LORD has spoken.52When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.53The servant brought out articles of silver and articles of gold and garments and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.54Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night; they arose in the morning and he said, Send me to my master.55Her brother and her mother said, Let the maiden remain with us a few days, or ten; after that she may go.56He said to them, "Do not delay me, since the LORD has prospered my way; send me so that I may go to my master."57They said, Let us call the maiden and ask her.58They called Rebekah and said to her, Will you go with this man? She said, I will go.59So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse and Abraham's servant and his men.60They blessed Rebekah and said to her, Our sister, may you become thousands of myriads, and may your offspring possess the gate of those who hate them.61Rebekah arose with her maidens and mounted the camels and followed the man; the servant took Rebekah and went.62Isaac had come from the way of Beer-lahai-roi and was dwelling in the land of the Negeb.63Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening, and he lifted his eyes and saw, and behold, camels were coming.64Rebekah lifted her eyes and saw Isaac and dismounted from the camel.65She said to the servant, Who is the man yonder walking in the field to meet us? The servant said, He is my master; so she took the veil and covered herself.66The servant recounted to Isaac all the things that he had done.67Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.