1 And Abraham was old, he had entered into days, and YHWH has blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said to his servant, the eldest of his house, whom was ruling over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh, 3 and I cause you to swear by YHWH, God of the heavens and God of the earth, that you do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the middle of whom I am staying. 4 But to my land and to my family you go, and have taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.” 5 And the servant said to him, “It may be the woman is not willing to come after me to this land. Do I at all cause your son to return to the land from where you came out?” 6 And Abraham said to him, “Take heed to yourself lest you cause my son to return there. 7 YHWH, God of the heavens, who had taken me from the house of my father, and from the land of my birth, and who had spoken to me, and who had sworn to me, saying, To your seed I give this land, He sent His messenger before you, and you will have taken a wife for my son from there. 8 And if the woman is not willing to come after you, then you have been acquitted from this my oath: only you do not cause my son to return there.” 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and swore to him concerning this matter. 10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his lord and goes, also of all the goods of his lord in his hand, and he rose, and goes to Aram-Naharaim, to the city of Nahor. 11 And he causes the camels to kneel at the outside of the city, at the well of water, at evening, at the time of the coming out of the women who drew water. 12 And he said, “YHWH, God of my lord Abraham, please cause to meet before me this day—(and do kindness with my lord Abraham. 13 Look, I am standing by the fountain of water, and daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. 14 And it has been, the young person to whom I say, Please incline your pitcher and I drink, and she has said, Drink, and I also water your camels)—her whom You have decided for Your servant, for Isaac. And by it I know that You have done kindness with my lord.” 15 And it came to pass, before he had finished speaking, that look, Rebekah (who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham) was coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder, 16 and the young person was of very good appearance, a virgin, and a man had not known her. And she goes down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me swallow a little water from your pitcher”. 18 And she said, “Drink, my lord”. And she hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him a drink. 19 And she finished giving him a drink and said, “Also for your camels I will draw until they have finished drinking”. 20 And she hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the drinking-trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels. 21 And the man, wondering at her, remained silent, to know whether YHWH had made his way prosperous or not. 22 And it came to pass, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden ring (whose weight was a bekah), and two bracelets for her hands (whose weight was ten bekahs of gold), 23 and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please declare to me, is the house of your father a place for us to lodge in?” 24 And she said to him, “I am daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, whom she had borne to Nahor.” 25 She also said to him, “Both straw and provender are abundant with us, also a place to lodge in.” 26 And the man bowed, and payed respect to YHWH, 27 and said, “Blessed is YHWH, God of my lord Abraham, who has not left off His kindness and His truth with my lord—I being in the way, YHWH has led me to the house of my lord’s brothers.” 28 And the young person ran, and declared to the house of her mother according to these words. 29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban, and Laban ran to the man who was outside, to the fountain. 30 Indeed, it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of his sister Rebekah, saying, “The man has spoken to me like this,” that he came to the man, and look, he was standing by the camels by the fountain. 31 And he said, “Come in, O blessed one of YHWH! Why do you stand outside—and I have prepared the house and place for the camels?” 32 And he brought in the man into the house, and loosed the camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men who were with him: 33 and sat before him to eat. But he said, “I do not eat until I have spoken my word”. And he said, “Speak.” 34 And he said, “I am Abraham’s servant. 35 And YHWH has blessed my lord exceedingly, and he is great. And He gives to him flock, and herd, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and donkeys. 36 And Sarah, my lord’s wife, bore a son to my lord, after she had been aged, and he gave to him all that he has. 37 And my lord causes me to swear, saying, You do not take a wife to my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in whose land I am staying. 38 If not—to the house of my father you go, and to my family, and you have taken a wife for my son. 39 And I said to my lord, It may be the woman does not come after me. 40 And he said to me, YHWH, before whom I have habitually walked, sends His messenger with you, and has prospered your way, and you will have taken a wife for my son from my family, and from the house of my father. 41 Then you are acquitted from my oath, when you come to my family. And if they do not give one to you, then you have been acquitted from my oath. 42 And I came to the fountain today, and I said, YHWH, God of my lord Abraham, now if You are making prosperous my way in which I am going— 43 (look, I am standing by the fountain of water), then the virgin is coming out to draw, and I would have said to her, Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher, 44 and she has said to me, Both drink, and I will also draw for your camels—she is the woman whom YHWH has decided for my lord’s son. 45 Before I finished speaking to my heart, then look, Rebekah was coming out, and her pitcher was on her shoulder, and she goes down to the fountain and drew. And I said to her, please let me drink, 46 and she hurried and let down her pitcher from off her and said, Drink, and I will also water your camels. and I drank, and she had also watered the camels. 47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, Daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah had borne to him, and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands, 48 and I bowed, and payed respect before YHWH, and I blessed YHWH, God of my lord Abraham, who had led me in the true way to receive the daughter of my lord’s brother for his son. 49 And now, if you are dealing kindly and truly with my lord, declare to me. And if not, declare to me. And I will turn to the right or to the left.” 50 And Laban answered—Bethuel also—and they said, “The thing has gone out from YHWH. We are not able to speak to you bad or good. 51 Look, Rebekah is before you, take and go, and she is a wife to your lord’s son, as YHWH has spoken.” 52 And it came to pass, when the servant of Abraham had heard their words, that he bowed himself toward the earth before YHWH. 53 And the servant took out vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. Precious things also he had given to her brother and to her mother. 54 And they ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and lodged all night. And they rose in the morning, and he said, “Send me to my lord”. 55 And her brother said—her mother also, “Let the young person abide with us a week or ten days, afterward she goes.” 56 And he said to them, “Do not delay me, seeing YHWH has prospered my way. Send me away, and I go to my lord”. 57 And they said, “Let us call for the young person, and inquire of her mouth”. 58 And they called for Rebekah, and said to her, “Do you go with this man?” And she said, “I go.” 59 And they sent away their sister Rebekah, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “You are our sister. Become thousands of myriads, and your seed possesses the gate of those hating it.” 61 And Rebekah and her young women arose, and rode on the camels, and go after the man. And the servant took Rebekah and goes. 62 And Isaac had come in from the entrance of the Well of the Living One, my Beholder. And he was staying in the land of the Negev, 63 and Isaac goes out to meditate in the field, at the turning of the evening, and he lifted up his eyes, and looked, and look, camels were coming. 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and saw Isaac, and came down off the camel. 65 And she said to the servant, “Who is this man who is walking in the field to meet us?” And the servant said, “It is my lord”. And she took the veil, and covered herself. 66 And the servant recounted to Isaac all the things that he had done, 67 and Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her, and Isaac was comforted after the death of his mother.