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 24:1 ¶ And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age. And Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.

 24:1 ¶ And Abrahamº was old,ºº [and] well strickenºº in age:º and the LORDº had blessedººº Abrahamº in all things.º

 24:2 And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh.

 24:2 And Abrahamº saidºº untoº his eldestº servantº of his house,º that ruledº overºº allº thatº he had, Put,ºº I pray thee,º thy handº underº my thigh:º

 24:3 And I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.

 24:3 And I will make thee swearºº by the LORD,º the Godº of heaven,º and the Godº of the earth,º thatº thou shalt notº takeºº a wifeº unto my sonº of the daughtersºº of the Canaanites,º amongº whomº Iº dwell:ºº

 24:4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.

 24:4 Butº thou shalt goººº untoº my country,º and toº my kindred,º and takeºº a wifeº unto my sonº Isaac.º

 24:5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land. Must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

 24:5 And the servantº saidºº untoº him, Peradventureº the womanº will notº be willingºº to followºººº meº untoº thisº land:º must I needs bringººº thy sonº againºº untoº the landº from whenceººº thou camest?ºº

 24:6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

 24:6 And Abrahamº saidºº untoº him, Bewareºº thou thatº thou bringºº notºº my sonº thitherº again.ºº

 24:7 ¶ Jehovah, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spake unto me, and who sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land. He will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.

 24:7 ¶ The LORDº Godº of heaven,º whichº tookº meºº from my father'sº house,ººº and from the landºº of my kindred,º and whichº spakeºº unto me, and thatº swareºº unto me, saying,ºº Unto thy seedº will I giveººº thisº land;º heº shall sendºº his angelº beforeº thee,º and thou shalt takeºº a wifeº unto my sonº from thence.ºº

 24:8 And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath. Only thou shalt not bring my son thither again.

 24:8 And ifº the womanº will notº be willingºº to followºººº thee,º then thou shalt be clearºº from this my oath:ººº onlyº bringºº notºº my sonº thitherº again.ºº

 24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter.

 24:9 And the servantº putººº his handº underº the thighº of Abrahamº his master,º and swareºº to him concerningº thatº matter.º

 24:10 ¶ And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed, having all goodly things of his master's in his hand. And he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

 24:10 ¶ And the servantº tookºº tenº camelsº of the camelsºº of his master,º and departed;ººº for allº the goodsº of his masterº [were] in his hand:º and he arose,ºº and wentººº toº Mesopotamia,º untoº the cityº of Nahor.º

 24:11 And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

 24:11 And he madeºº his camelsº to kneel downºº withoutºº the cityº byº a wellº of waterº at the timeº of the evening,º [even] the timeº that women go outºº to drawºº [water].

 24:12 And he said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray thee, good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.

 24:12 And he said,ºº O LORDº Godº of my masterº Abraham,º I pray thee,º send meº good speedººº this day,º and shewºº kindnessº untoº my masterº Abraham.º

 24:13 Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water. And the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.

 24:13 Behold,º Iº standºº [here] byº the wellº of water;º and the daughtersº of the menºº of the cityº come outºº to drawºº water:º

 24:14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel 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 the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac. And thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.

 24:14 And let it come to pass,º that the damselº to whomº I shall say,ººº Let downºº thy pitcher,º I pray thee,º that I may drink;ºº and she shall say,ºº Drink,ºº and I will giveºº thy camelsº drinkºº also:º [let the same be] she [that] thou hast appointedºº for thy servantº Isaac;º and thereby shall I knowºº thatº thou hast shewedºº kindnessº untoº my master.º

 24:15 ¶ And it came to pass, before he had done 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 upon her shoulder.

 24:15 ¶ And it came to pass,º beforeº heº had doneºº speaking,ºº that, behold,º Rebekahº came out,ºº whoº was bornºº to Bethuel,º sonº of Milcah,º the wifeº of Nahor,º Abraham'sº brother,º with her pitcherº uponº her shoulder.º

 24:16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her. And she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

 24:16 And the damselº [was] veryº fairº to look upon,º a virgin,º neitherº had any manº knownºº her: and she went downºº to the well,º and filledºº her pitcher,º and came up.ºº

 24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher.

 24:17 And the servantº ranºº to meetº her,ºº and said,ºº Let me, I pray thee,º drinkºº a littleº waterº of thy pitcher.ºº

 24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

 24:18 And she said,ºº Drink,ºº my lord:º and she hasted,ºº and let downºº her pitcherº uponº her hand,º and gave him drink.ºº

 24:19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

 24:19 And when she had doneºº giving him drink,ºº she said,ºº I will drawºº [water] for thy camelsº also,º untilºº they have doneºº drinking.ºº

 24:20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

 24:20 And she hasted,ºº and emptiedºº her pitcherº intoº the trough,º and ranºº againº untoº the wellº to drawºº [water], and drewºº for allº his camels.º

 24:21 And the man looked stedfastly on her, holding his peace, to know whether Jehovah had made his journey prosperous or not.

 24:21 And the manº wonderingºº at her held his peace,ºº to witºº whether the LORDº had madeºº his journeyº prosperousºº orº not.º

 24:22 And it came to pass, 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,

 24:22 And it came to pass,º asº the camelsº had doneºº drinking,ºº that the manº tookºº a goldenº earringº of half a shekelº weight,º and twoº braceletsº forº her handsº of tenº [shekels] weightº of gold;º

 24:23 and said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?

 24:23 And said,ºº Whoseº daughterº [art] thou?º tellºº me, I pray thee:º is thereº roomº [in] thy father'sº houseº for us to lodge in?ºº

 24:24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bare unto Nahor.

 24:24 And she saidºº untoº him, Iº [am] the daughterº of Bethuelº the sonº of Milcah,º whichº she bareºº unto Nahor.º

 24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

 24:25 She saidºº moreover untoº him, We have bothº strawº andº provenderº enough,º andº roomº to lodge in.ºº

 24:26 And the man bowed his head, and worshipped Jehovah.

 24:26 And the manº bowed down his head,ºº and worshippedºº the LORD.º

 24:27 And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken his lovingkindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Jehovah hath led me in the way to the house of my master's brethren.

 24:27 And he said,ºº Blessedºº [be] the LORDº Godº of my masterº Abraham,º whoº hath notº left destituteºººº my masterº of his mercyº and his truth:º Iº [being] in the way,º the LORDº ledº meºº to the houseº of my master'sº brethren.º

 24:28 And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words.

 24:28 And the damselº ran,ºº and toldºº [them of] her mother'sº houseº theseº things.º

 24:29 ¶ And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain.

 24:29 ¶ And Rebekahº had a brother,º and his nameº [was] Laban:º and Labanº ranºº outº untoº the man,º untoº the well.º

 24:30 And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me. That he came unto the man. And, behold, he was standing by the camels at the fountain.

 24:30 And it came to pass,º when he sawººº the earringº and braceletsº uponº his sister'sº hands,º and when he heardººº the wordsº of Rebekahº his sister,º saying,ºº Thusº spakeºº the manº untoº me; that he cameºº untoº the man;º and, behold,º he stoodºº byº the camelsº atº the well.º

 24:31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of Jehovah. Wherefore standest thou without? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

 24:31 And he said,ºº Come in,ºº thou blessedºº of the LORD;º whereforeº standestºº thou without?º for Iº have preparedºº the house,º and roomº for the camels.º

 24:32 ¶ And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels. And he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men that were with him.

 24:32 ¶ And the manº cameºº into the house:º and he ungirdedºº his camels,º and gaveºº strawº and provenderº for the camels,º and waterº to washºº his feet,º and the men'sºº feetº thatº [were] withº him.

 24:33 And there was set food before him to eat. But he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

 24:33 And there was setººººº [meat] beforeº himº to eat:ºº but he said,ºº I will notº eat,ºº untilºº I have toldºº mine errand.º And he said,ºº Speak on.ºº

 24:34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.

 24:34 And he said,ºº Iº [am] Abraham'sº servant.º

 24:35 And Jehovah hath blessed my master greatly. And he is become great. And he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and asses.

 24:35 And the LORDº hath blessedººº my masterº greatly;º and he is become great:ºº and he hath givenºº him flocks,º and herds,º and silver,º and gold,º and menservants,º and maidservants,º and camels,º and asses.º

 24:36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old. And unto him hath he given all that he hath.

 24:36 And Sarahº my master'sº wifeº bareºº a sonº to my masterº whenº she was old:º and unto him hath he givenººº allº thatº he hath.

 24:37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell.

 24:37 And my masterº made me swear,ºº saying,ºº Thou shalt notº takeºº a wifeº to my sonº of the daughtersºº of the Canaanites,º in whoseº landº Iº dwell:ºº

 24:38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

 24:38 Butºº thou shalt goººº untoº my father'sº house,º and toº my kindred,º and takeºº a wifeº unto my son.º

 24:39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

 24:39 And I saidºº untoº my master,º Peradventureº the womanº will notº followºººº me.

 24:40 And he said unto me, Jehovah, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way. And thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house.

 24:40 And he saidºº untoº me, The LORD,º beforeº whomº I walk,ºº will sendºº his angelº withº thee, and prosperºº thy way;º and thou shalt takeºº a wifeº for my sonº of my kindred,ºº and of my father'sº house:ººº

 24:41 Then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred. And if they give her not to thee, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

 24:41 Thenº shalt thou be clearºº from [this] my oath,ºº whenº thou comestºº toº my kindred;º and ifº they giveºº notº thee [one], thou shalt beº clearº from my oath.ºº

 24:42 And I came this day unto the fountain, and said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go.

 24:42 And I cameºº this dayº untoº the well,º and said,ºº O LORDº Godº of my masterº Abraham,º ifº nowº thou doº prosperºº my wayº whichºº Iº go:ºº

 24:43 Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water. And let it come to pass, that the maiden that cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher to drink.

 24:43 Behold,º Iº standºº byº the wellº of water;º and it shall come to pass,º that when the virginº cometh forthºº to drawºº [water], and I sayºº toº her, Give me,ºº I pray thee,º a littleº waterº of thy pitcherºº to drink;ºº

 24:44 And she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels. Let the same be the woman whom Jehovah hath appointed for my master's son.

 24:44 And she sayºº toº me, Bothº drinkºº thou,º and I will alsoº drawºº for thy camels:º [let] the sameº [be] the womanº whomº the LORDº hath appointed outºº for my master'sº son.º

 24:45 And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder. And she went down unto the fountain, and drew. And I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

 24:45 And beforeº Iº had doneºº speakingºº inº mine heart,º behold,º Rebekahº came forthºº with her pitcherº onº her shoulder;º and she went downºº unto the well,º and drewºº [water]: and I saidºº untoº her, Let me drink,ºº I pray thee.º

 24:46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. So I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

 24:46 And she made haste,ºº and let downºº her pitcherº fromºº her [shoulder], and said,ºº Drink,ºº and I will giveºº thy camelsº drinkºº also:º so I drank,ºº and she madeºº the camelsº drinkººº also.º

 24:47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him. And I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.

 24:47 And I askedºº her, and said,ºº Whoseº daughterº [art] thou?º And she said,ºº The daughterº of Bethuel,º Nahor'sº son,º whomº Milcahº bareºº unto him: and I putºº the earringº uponº her face,º and the braceletsº uponº her hands.º

 24:48 And I bowed my head, and worshipped Jehovah, and blessed Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.

 24:48 And I bowed down my head,ºº and worshippedºº the LORD,º and blessedººº the LORDº Godº of my masterº Abraham,º whichº had ledº meºº in the rightº wayº to takeººº my master'sº brother'sº daughterº unto his son.º

 24:49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. And if not, tell me. That I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

 24:49 And nowº ifº ye willº dealºº kindlyº and trulyº withº my master,º tellºº me: and ifº not,º tellºº me; that I may turnºº toº the right hand,º orº toº the left.º

 24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from Jehovah. We cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

 24:50 Then Labanº and Bethuelº answeredºº and said,ºº The thingº proceedethºº from the LORD:ºº we cannotººº speakºº untoº thee badº orº good.º

 24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as Jehovah hath spoken.

 24:51 Behold,º Rebekahº [is] beforeº thee,º takeºº [her], and go,ººº and let her beº thy master'sº son'sº wife,º asº the LORDº hath spoken.ºº

 24:52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto Jehovah.

 24:52 And it came to pass,º that, whenº Abraham'sº servantº heardººº their words,º he worshippedºº the LORD,º [bowing himself] to the earth.º

 24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah. He gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

 24:53 And the servantº brought forthºº jewelsº of silver,º and jewelsº of gold,º and raiment,º and gaveºº [them] to Rebekah:º he gaveºº also to her brotherº and to her motherº precious things.º

 24:54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night. And they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

 24:54 And they did eatºº and drink,ºº heº and the menºº thatº [were] withº him, and tarried all night;ºº and they rose upºº in the morning,º and he said,ºº Send me awayºº unto my master.º

 24:55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us [a few] days, at the least ten. After that she shall go.

 24:55 And her brotherº and her motherº said,ºº Let the damselº abideºº withº us [a few] days,º at the leastº ten;º afterº thatº she shall go.ººº

 24:56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.

 24:56 And he saidºº untoº them, Hinderº meºº not,º seeing the LORDº hath prosperedºº my way;º send me awayºº that I may goººº to my master.º

 24:57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.

 24:57 And they said,ºº We will callºº the damsel,º and enquireºº atº her mouth.º

 24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

 24:58 And they calledºº Rebekah,º and saidºº untoº her, Wilt thou goººº withº thisº man?º And she said,ºº I will go.ººº

 24:59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

 24:59 And they sent awayººº Rebekahº their sister,º and her nurse,ºº and Abraham'sº servant,º and his men.ºº

 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them.

 24:60 And they blessedººº Rebekah,º and saidºº unto her, Thouº [art] our sister,º beº thouºº [the mother] of thousandsº of millions,º and let thy seedº possessººº the gateº of those which hateºº them.

 24:61 ¶ And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

 24:61 ¶ And Rebekahº arose,ºº and her damsels,º and they rodeºº uponº the camels,º and followedºººº the man:º and the servantº tookººº Rebekah,º and went his way.ººº

 24:62 And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi. For he dwelt in the land of the South.

 24:62 And Isaacº cameºº from the wayººº of the well Lahairoi;º for heº dweltºº in the southº country.º

 24:63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.

 24:63 And Isaacº went outºº to meditateºº in the fieldº atºº the eventide:ºº and he lifted upºº his eyes,º and saw,ºº and, behold,º the camelsº [were] coming.ºº

 24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel.

 24:64 And Rebekahº lifted upººº her eyes,º and when she sawººº Isaac,º she lightedºº offºº the camel.º

 24:65 And she said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master. And she took her veil, and covered herself.

 24:65 For she [had] saidºº untoº the servant,º Whatº manº [is] thisº that walkethºº in the fieldº to meetº us?ºº And the servantº [had] said,ºº Itº [is] my master:º therefore she tookºº a vail,º and covered herself.ºº

 24:66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

 24:66 And the servantº toldºº Isaacºº allº thingsº thatº he had done.ºº

 24:67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. And he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

 24:67 And Isaacº broughtº herºº into his motherº Sarah'sº tent,º and tookººº Rebekah,º and she becameº his wife;º and he lovedºº her: and Isaacº was comfortedºº afterº his mother'sº [death].