[24:6] Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my son there again. [24:7] Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, 'I will give this land to your [seed].' He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. [24:8] If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again."
[24:9] The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter. [24:10] The servant took ten camels, of his master's camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master's with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor. [24:11] He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water. [24:12] He said, "Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. [24:13] Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. [24:14] Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,' and she will say, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,'--let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."
[24:15] It happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder. [24:16] The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up. [24:17] The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher."
[24:18] She said, "Drink, my lord." She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink. [24:19] When she had done giving him drink, she said, "I will also draw for your camels, until they have done drinking." [24:20] She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
[24:21] The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not. [24:22] It happened, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold, [24:23] and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"
[24:24] She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor." [24:25] She said moreover to him, "We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in."
[24:26] The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh. [24:27] He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me in the way to the house of my master's relatives."
[24:28] The young lady ran, and told her mother's house about these words. [24:29] Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring. [24:30] It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring. [24:31] He said, "Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels."
[24:32] The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. [24:33] Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told my message."
He said, "Speak on."