And he said, I am eved Avraham.
And HASHEM hath blessed adoni me'od; and he is become prospered: and He hath given him tzon, and bakar, and kesef, and zahav, and avadim, and shefachot, and gemalim, and chamorim.
And Sarah eshet adoni bore ben to adoni when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
And adoni made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take an isha for beni of the Banot HaKena'ani, in whose land I dwell;
But thou shalt go unto bais avi, to my mishpokhot, and take an isha unto beni.
And I said unto adoni, What if the isha will not follow me.
And he said unto me, HASHEM, before Whom I walk, will send His Malach with thee, and prosper thy derech; and thou shalt take an isha for beni of my mishpokhot, and of my bais avi;
Then shalt thou be released from this my oath, when thou comest to my mishpokhot; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be released from my oath.
And I came this day unto the ayin, and said, HASHEM Elohei adoni Avraham, if now Thou do prosper my derech which I go;
Hinei, I stand by the ayin hamayim; and it shall come to pass, that when haAlmah cometh forth to draw mayim, and I say to her, Give me, now, a little mayim of thy jar to drink;
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy gemalim; let the same be the isha whom HASHEM hath appointed for ben adoni.
And before I had done davening in mine lev, hinei, Rivkah came forth with her jar on her shoulder; and she went down unto ha'ayenah, and drew: and I said unto her, Let me drink, now.
And she made haste, and let down her jar from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy gemalim drink also: so I drank, and she made the gemalim drink also.
And I asked her, and said, Whose bat art thou? And she said, Bat Betuel Ben Nachor, the ben whom Milcah bore unto him: and I put the nezem upon her face, and the tzemidim upon her wrists.
And I bowed down my head, and worshiped HASHEM, and I said a brocha to HASHEM Elohei adoni Avraham, which had led me on the derech emes to take bat achi adoni for bno.
And now if ye will do chesed and emes to adoni, tell me; and if not, tell me; that I may turn to yamin, or to smol.
Then Lavan and Betuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from HASHEM; we cannot speak unto thee rah or tov.
Hinei, Rivkah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be isha for ben adoneicha, just as HASHEM hath spoken.
And it came to pass, that, when eved Avraham heard their words, he worshiped HASHEM, bowing himself to the ground.
And the eved brought forth kelei kesef, and kelei zahav, and begadim, and gave them to Rivkah; he gave also to her ach and to her em migdanot (costly gifts).
And they did eat and drink, he and the anashim that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the boker, and he said, Send me away unto adoni.
And her ach and her em said, Let the na'arah abide with us ten days or so; after that she shall go.
And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing HASHEM hath prospered my derech; send me away that I may go to adoni.
And they said, We will call the na'arah, and inquire at her mouth.
And they called Rivkah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this ish? And she said, I will go.
And they sent away Rivkah their achot, and her nurse, and eved Avraham, and his anashim.
And they said a brocha over Rivkah, and said unto her, Thou art achoteinu, may thou be increased to thousands upon thousands and may thy zera possess the sha'ar of those which hate them.
And Rivkah arose, and her na'arot, and they rode upon the gemalim, and followed the ish: and the eved took Rivkah, and went his way.
And Yitzchak had come from Be'er Lachai Roi; for he dwelt in the eretz hanegev.
And Yitzchak went out to meditate in the sadeh at erev: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, hinei, the gemalim (camels) were coming.
And Rivkah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Yitzchak, she got down from the gamal.
For she had said unto the eved, Who is that ish that walketh in the sadeh to meet us? And the eved had said, He is adoni: therefore she took a veil, and covered herself.
And the eved told Yitzchak all things that he had done.
And Yitzchak brought her into the ohel of Sarah immo, and took Rivkah, and she became his isha; and he loved her: and Yitzchak was comforted after the [mot] immo.
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