Genesis 24 — GNV
24Verse 1Nowe Abraham was olde, and striken in yeeres, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.Verse 2Therefore Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruant of his house, which had the rule ouer all that he had, Put nowe thine hand vnder my thigh,Verse 3And I will make thee sweare by ye Lord God of the heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites among who I dwel.Verse 4But thou shalt go vnto my countrey, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sone Izhak.Verse 5And the seruant saide to him, What if the woman will not come with me to this land? shall I bring thy sonne againe vnto the lande from whence thou camest?Verse 6To whom Abraham answered, Beware that thou bring not my sonne thither againe.Verse 7The Lord God of heauen, who tooke me from my fathers house, and from the land where I was borne, and that spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, Vnto thy seede wil I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne from thence.Verse 8Neuertheles if the woman wil not follow thee, then shalt thou bee discharged of this mine othe: onely bring not my sonne thither againe.Verse 9Then the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter.Verse 10So the seruant tooke ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed: (for he had all his masters goods in his hand:) and so he arose, and went to Aram Naharaim, vnto the citie of Nahor.Verse 11And he made his camels to lye downe without the citie by a well of water, at euentide about the time that the women come out to draw water.Verse 12And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I beseech thee, send me good speede this day, and shew mercy vnto my master Abraham.Verse 13Lo, I stand by the well of water, whiles the mens daughters of this citie come out to drawe water.Verse 14Graunt therefore that ye maide, to whom I say, Bowe downe thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drinke: if she say, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drinke also: may be she that thou hast ordeined for thy seruant Izhak: and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed mercy on my master.Verse 15And nowe yer he had left speaking, beholde, Rebekah came out, the daughter of Bethuel, sonne of Milcah the wife of Nahor Abrahams brother, and her pitcher vpon her shoulder.Verse 16(And the maide was very faire to looke vpon, a virgine and vnknowen of man) and she went downe to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came vp.Verse 17Then the seruant ranne to meete her, and said, Let me drinke, I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher.Verse 18And she said, Drinke sir: and she hasted, and let downe her pitcher vpon her hand and gaue him drinke.Verse 19And when she had giuen him drinke, she said, I will drawe water for thy camels also vntill they haue drunken inough.Verse 20And she powred out her pitcher into the trough speedily; and ranne againe vnto the well to drawe water, and she drewe for all his camels.Verse 21So the man wondred at her, and helde his peace, to knowe whether the Lord had made his iourney prosperous or not.Verse 22And when the camels had left drinking, the man tooke a golden abillement of halfe a shekell weight, and two bracelets for her hands, of ten shekels weight of golde:Verse 23And he said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee, Is there roume in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in?Verse 24Then she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the sonne of Milcah whom she bare vnto Nahor.Verse 25Moreouer she said vnto him, We haue litter also and prouender ynough, and roume to lodge in.Verse 26And the man bowed himselfe and worshipped the Lord,Verse 27And said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, which hath not withdrawen his mercie and his trueth from my master: for when I was in the way, the Lord brought me to my masters brethrens house.Verse 28And the maide ranne and tolde them of her mothers house according to these wordes.Verse 29Now Rebekah had a brother called Laban, and Laban ranne vnto the man to the well.Verse 30For when he had seene the earings and the bracelets in his sisters hands, and when he heard the wordes of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus said the man vnto me, then he went to the man, and loe, he stoode by the camels at the well.Verse 31And he saide, Come in thou blessed of the Lord: wherefore standest thou without, seeing I haue prepared the house, and roume for ye camels?Verse 32Then the man came into the house, and he vnsadled the camels, and brought litter and prouender for the camels, and water to wash his feete, and the mens feete that were with him.Verse 33Afterward the meate was set before him: but he saide, I will not eate, vntill I haue saide my message: And he said, Speake on.Verse 34Then he said, I am Abrahams seruant,Verse 35And the Lord hath blessed my master wonderfully, that he is become great: for he hath giuen him sheepe, and beeues, and siluer, and golde, and men seruants, and maide seruants, and camels, and asses.Verse 36And Sarah my masters wife hath borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hath he giuen all that he hath.Verse 37Now my master made me sweare, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:Verse 38But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne.Verse 39Then I saide vnto my master, What if the woman will not follow me?Verse 40Who answered me, The Lord, before who I walke, will send his Angel with thee, and prosper thy iourney, and thou shalt take a wife for my sonne of my kinred and my fathers house.Verse 41Then shalt thou be discharged of mine othe, when thou commest to my kinred: and if they giue thee not one, thou shalt be free from mine othe.Verse 42So I came this day to the well, and said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if thou nowe prosper my iourney which I goe,Verse 43Behold, I stand by the well of water: when a virgine commeth forth to drawe water, and I say to her, Giue me, I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher to drinke,Verse 44And she say to me, Drinke thou, and I will also drawe for thy camels, let her be ye wife, which the Lord hath prepared for my masters sonne.Verse 45And before I had made an end of speaking in mine heart, beholde, Rebekah came foorth, and her pitcher on her shoulder, and she went downe vnto the well, and drewe water. Then I said vnto her, Giue me drinke, I pray thee.Verse 46And she made haste, and tooke downe her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drinke also. So I dranke, and she gaue the camels drinke also.Verse 47Then I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she answered, The daughter of Bethuel Nahors sonne, whom Milcah bare vnto him. Then I put the abillement vpon her face, and the bracelets vpon her hands:Verse 48And I bowed downe and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had brought me the right way to take my masters brothers daughter vnto his sone.Verse 49Now therefore, if ye will deale mercifully and truely with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me that I may turne me to the right hand or to the left.Verse 50Then answered Laban and Bethuel, and said, This thing is proceeded of the Lord: we cannot therefore say vnto thee, neither euill nor good.Verse 51Beholde, Rebehak is before thee, take her and goe, that she may be thy masters sonnes wife, euen as the Lord hath said.Verse 52And when Abrahams seruant heard their wordes, he bowed himselfe toward the earth vnto the Lord.Verse 53Then the seruant tooke foorth iewels of siluer, and iewels of golde, and raiment, and gaue to Rebekah: also vnto her brother and to her mother he gaue gifts.Verse 54Afterward they did eate and drinke, both he, and the men that were with him, and taried all night. and when they rose vp in the morning, he said, Let me depart vnto my master.Verse 55Then her brother and her mother answered, Let the maide abide with vs, at the least ten dayes: then shall she goe.Verse 56But he said vnto them, Hinder you me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my iourney: send me away, that I may goe to my master.Verse 57Then they said, We will call the maide, and aske her consent.Verse 58And they called Rebekah, and saide vnto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she answered, I will go.Verse 59So they let Rebekah their sister goe, and her nourse, with Abrahams seruant and his men.Verse 60And they blessed Rebekah, and sayde vnto her, Thou art our sister, growe into thousande thousands, and thy seede possesse the gate of his enemies.Verse 61Then Rebekah arose, and her maydes, and rode vpon the camels, and followed the man. and the seruant tooke Rebekah, and departed.Verse 62Nowe Izhak came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi, (for he dwelt in the South countrey)Verse 63And Izhak went out. to pray in the fielde toward the euening: who lift vp his eyes and looked, and behold, the camels came.Verse 64Also Rebekah lift vp her eyes, and when she saw Izhak, she lighted downe from the camel.Verse 65(For shee had sayde to the seruant, Who is yonder man, that commeth in the fielde to meete vs? and the seruant had said, It is my master) So she tooke a vaile, and couered her.Verse 66And the seruant tolde Izhak all things, that he had done.Verse 67Afterward Izhak brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and he tooke Rebekah, and she was his wife, and he loued her: So Izhak was comforted after his mothers death.