Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
By
now
Abraham was
old and
well
along
in
years
, and the
LORD
had
blessed him
in every
way.
And
Abraham `is'
old, he
hath
entered
into
days,
and Jehovah
hath
blessed Abraham
in all
`things';
So
Abraham instructed
the
chief
servant of his household
, who managed
all he owned
, “Place
your
hand under my thigh,
and
Abraham saith
unto
his
servant ,
the
eldest
of his house
, who is
ruling
over
all that
he hath
, `Put,
I
pray
thee,
thy
hand under my thigh,
and I will
have
you
swear by the
LORD
, the
God of heaven
and
the God of earth, that you
will
not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites
among
whom I am dwelling ,
and I cause
thee
to
swear by Jehovah
, God of the heavens,
and
God of the
earth, that thou
dost
not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite,
in
the
midst
of
whom I am dwelling ;
but will
go
to
my country
and my kindred to
take
a wife for my son Isaac. ”
but unto
my land
and unto
my kindred dost
thou
go,
and
hast
taken
a wife for my son ,
for
Isaac. '
The servant asked
him, “What
if
the woman is unwilling
to follow
me to
this land ?
Shall
I then
take
your
son back
to the land from which
you
came
? ”
And
the servant saith
unto
him, `It
may
be
the woman is not
willing
to come
after
me unto
this land ;
do
I at
all
cause
thy
son to turn
back
unto
the land from whence
thou
camest
out
? '
Abraham replied
, “Make
sure
that
you
do
not
take my son back there.
And
Abraham saith
unto
him
, `
Take heed
to
thyself,
lest
thou
cause
my son to
turn
back thither;
The
LORD
, the
God of heaven
, who brought
me from my
father’s
house and
my native
land, who spoke
to me and promised
me on
oath
, saying, ‘
To your
offspring
I will
give this land ’—
He will
send His angel
before you
so
that
you
can
take
a wife for my son from there.
Jehovah
, God of the
heavens
, who hath
taken
me from the
house of
my father,
and
from
the
land of
my
birth
, and
who hath
spoken
to me ,
and who
hath
sworn
to
me, saying, To thy
seed
I give this land ,
He doth
send His messenger
before thee,
and
thou
hast
taken
a wife for my son from thence;
And if the woman is
unwilling
to follow
you
, then you
are
released
from this oath
of
mine .
Only do
not
take
my son back there
. ”
and if the woman be
not
willing
to come
after
thee
, then thou
hast
been
acquitted
from this mine oath:
only my son thou
dost
not
cause
to
turn
back thither
. '
So
the servant placed
his hand under the thigh of his
master
Abraham and swore
an
oath
to him concerning this matter.
And
the servant putteth
his hand under the thigh of Abraham his
lord,
and sweareth
to him concerning this matter.
Then
the servant took
ten of his
master’s
camels and departed
with
all manner
of good
things
from
his master
in hand .
And he set
out
for
Nahor’s
hometown
in
Aram-naharaim .
And
the servant taketh
ten camels
of the
camels of
his
lord
and goeth,
also
of
all the
goods
of his lord
in his
hand ,
and he riseth,
and
goeth
unto
Aram-Naharaim ,
unto
the
city
of
Nahor;
As
evening
approached,
he made
the camels kneel down
near
the well
outside the town
at the time when
the women
went
out to
draw water.
and
he causeth
the camels to
kneel at
the outside of
the city,
at the well
of
water,
at
even-
time ,
at
the time
of
the
coming
out of
the
women
who
draw water.
“O
LORD
, God of my master
Abraham, ”
he
prayed
, “please
grant
me
success
today
, and show
kindness to
my master
Abraham .
And
he
saith
, `Jehovah,
God of my lord
Abraham, cause
to
meet
, I
pray
Thee
, before
me
this
day
--
(
and do
kindness with
my lord
Abraham ;
Here
I am ,
standing beside
the spring
, and the
daughters of the townspeople
are coming out to draw water .
lo,
I am standing by
the fountain
of
water
, and daughters of the men
of
the
city
are coming out to draw water ;
Now
may
it happen
that
the girl
to
whom I say, ‘Please
let
down
your
jar
that
I may
drink, ’
and who
responds
, ‘
Drink, and I will
water your
camels as
well’—let
her be
the
one
You
have
appointed
for Your
servant Isaac .
By this
I will
know that You
have
shown
kindness to
my master
. ”
and
it hath
been,
the young
person
unto
whom I say, Incline,
I pray
thee,
thy
pitcher,
and
I
drink, and she
hath
said
, Drink, and I water also
thy
camels )
--
her Thou
hast
decided
for Thy
servant ,
for
Isaac ;
and
by it
I know that Thou
hast
done
kindness with
my lord
. '
Before the
servant
had
finished praying
, Rebekah came
out
with
her
jar
on
her
shoulder.
She
was the
daughter
of
Bethuel son of Milcah, the
wife of Abraham’s
brother
Nahor .
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
before he
hath
finished speaking
, that
lo,
Rebekah (who
was born
to
Bethuel ,
son of Milcah, wife of Nahor ,
brother
of
Abraham)
is
coming
out,
and
her
pitcher
on
her
shoulder,
Now
the girl
was
very beautiful
, a virgin who
had
not
had
relations
with
any
man .
She went
down to the spring
, filled
her jar
, and came
up again
.
and
the young
person
`is'
of
very good
appearance
, a virgin ,
and
a
man hath
not
known
her;
and
she goeth
down to the fountain
, and
filleth
her pitcher
, and cometh
up.
So
the servant ran
to meet her and said
, “Please
let me have
a little water from your
jar.”
And
the servant runneth
to meet her ,
and saith
, `
Let me swallow,
I
pray
thee,
a little water from thy
pitcher;'
“
Drink, my lord ,”
she replied
, and she
quickly
lowered
her jar
to
her hands
and gave
him a
drink.
and
she
saith,
`
Drink, my lord ;'
and
she hasteth
, and letteth
down
her pitcher
upon
her hand,
and giveth
him drink.
After
she had
given
him a
drink, she
said
, “I
will
also draw
water
for your
camels ,
until
they have had
enough
to
drink.”
And
she finisheth
giving
him drink, and
saith
, `
Also for thy
camels I
draw
till
they have finished
drinking;'
And she quickly
emptied
her jar
into the trough and ran
back
to
the well to draw water
, until
she
had
drawn
water
for all his camels.
and she hasteth,
and
emptieth
her pitcher
into the drinking-
trough ,
and runneth
again
unto
the well to draw, and
draweth
for all his camels.
Meanwhile,
the man watched
her silently
to see
whether or
not
the
LORD
had
made his journey
a
success
.
And
the man ,
wondering
at
her ,
remaineth
silent,
to know
whether Jehovah
hath
made his way
prosperous
or
not
.
And after
the camels had
finished drinking, he
took
out
a gold
ring weighing
a beka
, and two gold
bracelets for her wrists
weighing
ten shekels.
And it
cometh
to
pass
when
the camels have
finished drinking, that
the
man
taketh
a golden
ring (whose
weight
`is'
a bekah)
, and two bracelets for her hands
(whose
weight
`is'
ten `bekahs'
of
gold),
“
Whose daughter are
you
? ”
he
asked.
“Please
tell
me, is there
room
in
your
father’s
house for us to spend
the
night
? ”
and
saith,
`
Whose daughter `art'
thou
? declare
to
me, I
pray
thee,
is the
house of
thy
father
a
place
for us to lodge
in
? '
She replied
, “
I am the
daughter of Bethuel, the
son that
Milcah bore
to Nahor. ”
And
she saith
unto
him
, `
I `
am '
daughter of Bethuel, son of
Milcah ,
whom
she
hath
borne
to Nahor. '
Then
she added
, “We
have
plenty
of
straw and feed
, as
well
as
a place for
you
to spend
the
night
. ”
She saith
also
unto
him
, `Both
straw and provender
`are'
abundant
with
us
, also
a place to lodge
in
. '
Then
the man bowed
down
and worshiped
the
LORD
,
And
the man boweth,
and doth
obeisance
to
Jehovah
,
saying
, “
Blessed be
the
LORD
, the
God of my master
Abraham, who has
not withheld
His kindness and faithfulness
from
my master.
As
for
me,
the
LORD has
led me on
the
journey
to the house of my master’s
relatives
. ”
and
saith
, `
Blessed `is'
Jehovah
, God of my lord
Abraham, who hath
not left
off
His kindness and His
truth
with
my lord ;
--
I
`being'
in
the
way,
Jehovah
hath
led me to the house of my lord's
brethren
. '
The girl
ran
and told
her mother’s
household
about
these things
.
And
the young
person
runneth,
and declareth
to
the
house
of
her mother
according
to
these words
.
Now
Rebekah had
a brother named
Laban, and he
rushed
out
to
the man at
the spring.
And
Rebekah hath
a brother ,
and
his
name
`is'
Laban, and Laban
runneth
unto
the man who
`is'
without,
unto
the fountain;
As
soon
as
he saw
the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s
wrists
, and heard
Rebekah’s
words, “
The man said
this
to
me, ”
he went
and
found
the man standing by the camels near
the spring
.
yea,
it
cometh
to
pass,
when
he seeth
the ring, and the bracelets on the
hands
of
his sister
, and when
he
heareth
the
words of
Rebekah
his
sister
, saying,
`Thus
hath
the man spoken
unto
me, '
that
he cometh
in
unto
the man ,
and
lo,
he
is
standing by the camels by
the fountain
.
“
Come, you
who
are
blessed by
the
LORD
, ”
said
Laban.
“
Why are
you
standing
out
here?
I have prepared the house and a
place for the camels .”
And
he
saith,
`
Come in
, O
blessed one
of
Jehovah
, why standest
thou
without,
and
I --
I
have prepared the house and place for the camels !'
So
the man came
to
the house, and the camels were
unloaded.
Straw and feed
were
brought
to
the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his
companions.
And
he
bringeth
in
the man into
the house, and looseth
the camels ,
and
giveth
straw and provender
for
the camels, and water to wash his feet ,
and the feet of the
men
who
`are'
with
him:
Then
a
meal
was
set
before the
man,
but he said
, “
I will
not eat until
I have told
you
what
I
came
to
say.”
So
Laban
said
, “Please
speak. ”
and
setteth
before him
to
eat;
but he saith
, `
I do
not eat till
I have spoken
my
word;'
and
he
saith
, `
Speak. '
“
I am Abraham’s
servant ,”
he
replied.
And
he
saith,
`
I `
am '
Abraham's
servant ;
“The
LORD
has
greatly
blessed my master
, and he has
become
rich.
He has
given
him sheep
and cattle
, silver and gold, menservants
and maidservants
, camels and donkeys.
and
Jehovah
hath
blessed my lord
exceedingly
, and he is
great;
and
He giveth
to
him flock,
and herd
, and
silver ,
and gold, and men-servants
, and
maid-servants,
and
camels ,
and asses;
My master’s
wife Sarah
has
borne
him
a son in
her
old
age
, and my
master
has
given
him everything
he owns
.
and
Sarah,
my lord's
wife ,
beareth
a son to
my
lord
, after
she
hath
been
aged,
and he
giveth
to
him all
that
he hath
.
My master
made
me swear an
oath
and
said
, ‘You
shall
not take a wife for
my son from the daughters of the Canaanites
in whose land I dwell,
`And
my lord
causeth
me to
swear, saying,
Thou
dost
not take a wife to
my son from the daughters of the Canaanite,
in whose land I am
dwelling.
but
you
shall
go
to
my
father’s
house and to
my kindred
to
take
a wife for my son. ’
If
not
--
unto
the
house of
my
father
thou
dost
go,
and unto
my family,
and
thou
hast
taken
a wife for my son.
Then
I asked
my master
, ‘What
if
the woman will
not come back
with
me ?’
`And
I say
unto
my lord
, It
may
be
the woman doth
not come after
me ;
And he told
me, ‘The
LORD
, before whom I have walked, will
send His angel
with you
and make
your
journey
a
success
, so
that
you
may
take
a wife for my son from my kindred
and from my
father’s
house .
and he saith
unto
me, Jehovah
, before whom I have walked habitually
, doth
send His messenger
with thee,
and hath
prospered
thy
way
, and
thou
hast
taken
a wife for my son from my family,
and from the
house of
my
father;
And
when you
go
to
my kindred
, if they refuse
to
give her
to you,
then you
will
be
released
from my oath. ’
then
art
thou
acquitted
from
my
oath,
when thou
comest
unto
my family
, and
if they give not
`one'
to thee;
then thou
hast
been
acquitted
from my oath.
So
when
I came
to the spring
today
, I prayed:
O
LORD
, God of my master
Abraham, if only
You
would
make
my journey
a
success!
`And
I come
to -day
unto
the fountain
, and
I say
, Jehovah,
God of my lord
Abraham, if Thou
art,
I
pray
Thee,
making
prosperous
my way
in
which
I
am
going
--
Here
I am ,
standing beside
this
spring.
Now
if
a
maiden
comes
out to draw water
and I say
to
her, ‘Please
let me drink a little water from your
jar
, ’
(lo,
I am standing by
the
fountain
of
water),
then
the
virgin
who
is
coming
out to draw ,
and I have
said
unto
her, Let me drink ,
I
pray
thee,
a little water from thy
pitcher
,
and she replies
, ‘
Drink, and I
will
draw
water
for your
camels as
well,’
may
she be
the woman the
LORD
has
appointed
for my master’s
son.
and she hath
said
unto
me
, Both
drink thou
, and also
for thy
camels I
draw
--
she is
the woman whom
Jehovah
hath
decided
for my lord's
son.
And
before I had
finished
praying
in
my heart, there
was
Rebekah coming out with
her jar
on her shoulder, and she went
down to the spring
and drew
water.
So
I said
to
her, ‘Please
give
me a
drink .’
`
Before I finish
speaking
unto
my heart, then
lo,
Rebekah is
coming out ,
and
her pitcher
on her shoulder, and she goeth
down to the fountain,
and draweth;
and
I say
unto
her, Let
me drink ,
I
pray
thee,
She quickly
lowered
her jar
from her shoulder
and said
, ‘
Drink, and I will
water your
camels
as
well.’
So
I drank
, and she
also
watered
the camels.
and
she hasteth
and
letteth
down
her pitcher
from off
her and saith
, Drink, and thy
camels
also
I water ;
and
I drink
, and the camels also
she
hath
watered
.
Then
I asked
her, ‘
Whose daughter are
you
? ’
She replied
, ‘The
daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore
to him .’
So
I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
`And
I ask
her, and
say,
Whose daughter `art'
thou
? and
she saith
, Daughter of Bethuel ,
son of Nahor, whom Milcah hath
borne
to him ,
and
I put the ring on her nose ,
and the bracelets on her hands,
Then
I bowed
down
and worshiped
the
LORD;
and I blessed
the
LORD
, the
God of my master
Abraham, who led me on
the right
road
to take
the granddaughter
of my master’s
brother for his son.
and
I bow,
and do
obeisance
before
Jehovah,
and I bless
Jehovah
, God of my lord
Abraham, who hath
led me in
the true
way
to receive
the daughter
of my lord's
brother for his son.
Now if you
will
show
kindness
and faithfulness
to
my master
, tell
me; but
if not, let
me know,
so
that
I may
go
elsewhere
. ”
`And
now ,
if ye
are
dealing
kindly
and truly
with
my lord
, declare
to
me; and
if not, declare
to
me ;
and
I turn
unto
the
right
or
unto
the
left
. '
Laban
and Bethuel answered
, “This
is
from
the LORD
; we have
no
choice
in
the
matter.
And Laban
answereth
--
Bethuel also
--
and
they
say
, `
The thing
hath
gone
out
from
Jehovah
; we are
not
able
to
speak
unto
thee
bad
or
good;
Rebekah is here
before you.
Take her
and go, and let
her
become
the
wife of
your
master’s
son, just
as the
LORD
has
decreed
. ”
lo,
Rebekah `
is '
before thee,
take and go, and she
is
a
wife to
thy
lord's
son, as Jehovah
hath
spoken
. '
When Abraham’s
servant heard their words, he bowed
down
to
the ground
before the
LORD.
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
when the
servant of
Abraham
hath
heard their words, that
he boweth
himself
towards
the earth
before Jehovah;
Then
he
brought
out jewels
of silver and gold, and articles
of
clothing
, and he
gave
them
to Rebekah .
He
also
gave
precious gifts
to her brother and her mother.
and
the
servant
taketh
out vessels
of silver ,
and vessels
of
gold, and garments
, and giveth
to Rebekah ;
precious things
also
he
hath
given
to her brother and to
her mother.
Then
he and the men with him ate
and
drank
and spent
the
night there.
When
they got
up
the next
morning, he said
, “
Send me on
my
way
to my master.”
And
they
eat
and
drink,
he and the men who
`are'
with him ,
and lodge
all
night ;
and
they rise
in
the morning, and
he saith
, `
Send me to my lord;'
But
her brother and
mother said,
“
Let the girl
remain
with us ten days or
so.
After
that
, she may
go. ”
and
her brother saith
--
her
mother also
--
`
Let the young
person
abide
with us a
week
or
ten days, afterwards
doth
she go. '
But
he replied
, “
Do not delay me, since
the
LORD
has
made
my journey
a
success.
Send me on
my
way
so
that
I may
go to my master.”
And
he saith
unto
them
, `
Do not delay me, seeing
Jehovah
hath
prospered
my way;
send me away,
and
I go to my lord;'
So
they said
, “We
will
call the girl
and ask her opinion.”
and
they say
, `Let
us
call for
the young
person,
and ask at
her mouth;'
They called
Rebekah and asked
her, “Will
you
go with this man? ”
“
I will
go ,”
she
replied
.
and
they call
for
Rebekah ,
and say
unto
her, `Dost
thou
go with this man? '
and
she
saith,
`
I go. '
So
they sent
their sister Rebekah
on
her
way
, along
with
her nurse and Abraham’s
servant and his men .
And
they send
away
Rebekah
their sister, and
her nurse ,
and Abraham's
servant ,
and his men ;
And they blessed
Rebekah and said
to her, “
Our sister ,
may
you
become the
mother
of
thousands
upon
thousands .
May
your
offspring
possess the gates
of their
enemies
. ”
and they bless
Rebekah ,
and say
to her, `Thou
`art'
our sister ;
become thou
thousands of
myriads,
and
thy
seed
doth
possess the gate
of those
hating
it
. '
Then
Rebekah and her servant
girls
got
ready
, mounted
the camels, and followed
the man .
So
the servant took
Rebekah and left
.
And
Rebekah and her young
women
arise
, and
ride
on
the camels, and go
after
the man ;
and
the servant taketh
Rebekah and goeth
.
Now
Isaac had
just
returned
from Beer-lahai-roi
, for
he was
living
in the Negev.
And
Isaac hath
come
in
from the
entrance
of
the
Well
of
the
Living
One
, my
Beholder;
and
he is
dwelling
in the land
of
the
south,
Early
in
the
evening,
Isaac went
out to the field to
meditate
, and looking
up, he
saw
the
camels approaching
.
and
Isaac goeth
out to meditate
in
the field, at
the
turning
of
the
evening,
and he
lifteth
up his
eyes
, and
looketh,
and
lo,
camels are
coming
.
And when
Rebekah looked
up and saw
Isaac, she
got
down
from her
camel
And Rebekah lifteth
up her
eyes,
and seeth
Isaac, and
alighteth
from off
the
camel ;
and asked
the servant, “
Who is that
man in the field coming
to meet us? ”
“
It is my master,”
the
servant
answered.
So
she took
her
veil and covered
herself.
and she
saith
unto
the servant, `
Who `
is '
this
man who
is
walking
in the field to meet us? '
and
the
servant
saith,
`
It `
is '
my lord;'
and
she taketh
the
veil ,
and covereth
herself.
Then
the servant told
Isaac all that he had
done .
And
the servant recounteth
to
Isaac all the
things
that he hath
done ,
And Isaac brought
her into
the tent of his mother Sarah
and took
Rebekah as
his wife .
And Isaac
loved
her and was
comforted after his
mother’s
death.
and Isaac bringeth
her in
unto
the tent of Sarah
his mother ,
and he
taketh
Rebekah ,
and
she
becometh
his wife ,
and he
loveth
her ,
and Isaac
is
comforted after `the
death of'
his
mother
.
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible and Young's Literal Translation. Public domain; source text distributed by BSB Publishing, LLC.; Public domain..