Genesis 24:15-28

King James Version

¹⁵And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

¹⁶And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

¹⁷And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

¹⁸And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

¹⁹And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

²⁰And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

²¹And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.

²²And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

²³And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?

²⁴And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

²⁵She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

²⁶And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord.

²⁷And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master's brethren.

²⁸And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.

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Genesis 24:15-28

New International Version

¹⁵Before he had finished praying,^(A) Rebekah^(B) came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel^(C) son of Milkah,^(D) who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.^(E) ¹⁶The woman was very beautiful,^(F) a virgin;^(G) no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.

¹⁷The servant hurried to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.”^(H)

¹⁸“Drink,^(I) my lord,” she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

¹⁹After she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels^(J) too,^(K) until they have had enough to drink.” ²⁰So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.^(L) ²¹Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the Lord had made his journey successful.^(M)

²²When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring^(N) weighing a beka^[a] and two gold bracelets^(O) weighing ten shekels.^[b] ²³Then he asked, “Whose daughter are you?^(P) Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?^(Q)”

²⁴She answered him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milkah bore to Nahor.^(R)” ²⁵And she added, “We have plenty of straw and fodder,^(S) as well as room for you to spend the night.”

²⁶Then the man bowed down and worshiped the Lord,^(T) ²⁷saying, “Praise be to the Lord,^(U) the God of my master Abraham,^(V) who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness^(W) to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey^(X) to the house of my master’s relatives.”^(Y)