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Genesis
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English: Basic English Bible |
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Genesis 24 [Context] [Commentary] [Map] 
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| 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 father's death. |
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