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Genesis 24:34-67

Genesis 24:34-67 GNBDC

“I am the servant of Abraham,” he began. “The LORD has greatly blessed my master and made him a rich man. He has given him flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, silver, gold, male and female slaves, camels, and donkeys. Sarah, my master's wife, bore him a son when she was old, and my master has given everything he owns to him. My master made me promise with a vow to obey his command. He said, ‘Do not choose a wife for my son from the young women in the land of Canaan. Instead, go to my father's people, to my relatives, and choose a wife for him.’ And I asked my master, ‘What if she will not come with me?’ He answered, ‘The LORD, whom I have always obeyed, will send his angel with you and give you success. You will get for my son a wife from my own people, from my father's family. There is only one way for you to be free from your vow: if you go to my relatives and they refuse you, then you will be free.’ “When I came to the well today, I prayed, ‘LORD, God of my master Abraham, please give me success in what I am doing. Here I am at the well. When a young woman comes out to get water, I will ask her to give me a drink of water from her jar. If she agrees and also offers to bring water for my camels, may she be the one that you have chosen as the wife for my master's son.’ Before I had finished my silent prayer, Rebecca came with a water jar on her shoulder and went down to the well to get water. I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’ She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will also water your camels.’ So I drank, and she watered the camels. I asked her, ‘Who is your father?’ And she answered, ‘My father is Bethuel son of Nahor and Milcah.’ Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms. I knelt down and worshipped the LORD. I praised the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me straight to my master's relative, where I found his daughter for my master's son. Now, if you intend to fulfil your responsibility towards my master and treat him fairly, please tell me; if not, say so, and I will decide what to do.” Laban and Bethuel answered, “Since this matter comes from the LORD, it is not for us to make a decision. Here is Rebecca; take her and go. Let her become the wife of your master's son, as the LORD himself has said.” When the servant of Abraham heard this, he bowed down and worshipped the LORD. Then he brought out clothing and silver and gold jewellery, and gave them to Rebecca. He also gave expensive gifts to her brother and to her mother. Then Abraham's servant and the men with him ate and drank, and spent the night there. When they got up in the morning, he said, “Let me go back to my master.” But Rebecca's brother and her mother said, “Let her stay with us a week or ten days, and then she may go.” But he said, “Don't make us stay. The LORD has made my journey a success; let me go back to my master.” They answered, “Let's call her and find out what she has to say.” So they called Rebecca and asked, “Do you want to go with this man?” “Yes,” she answered. So they let Rebecca and her old family servant go with Abraham's servant and his men. And they gave Rebecca their blessing in these words: “May you, sister, become the mother of millions! May your descendants conquer the cities of their enemies!” Then Rebecca and her young women got ready and mounted the camels to go with Abraham's servant, and they all started out. Isaac had come into the wilderness of “The Well of the Living One who Sees Me” and was staying in the southern part of Canaan. He went out in the early evening to take a walk in the fields and saw camels coming. When Rebecca saw Isaac, she got down from her camel and asked Abraham's servant, “Who is that man walking towards us in the field?” “He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her scarf and covered her face. The servant told Isaac everything he had done. Then Isaac brought Rebecca into the tent that his mother Sarah had lived in, and she became his wife. Isaac loved Rebecca, and so he was comforted for the loss of his mother.

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