12 Then he said, “O Lord God of my master Abraham, please
five me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
13 “Behold, here I stand by the well of water,
and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
14 “Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say,
‘Please let down your pitcher that I may
drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink’—let her
be the one whom You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this will I know that You have shown
kindness to my master.”
15 And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that
behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor,
Abraham’s brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder.
16 Now the young woman was very beautiful to behold, a
virgin; no man had known her. And she
went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up.
17 And the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me
drink a little water from your pitcher.”
18 So she said, “Drink, my lord.” Then she quickly let her pitcher down to her
hand, and gave him a drink.
19 And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said,
“I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.”
20 Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran
back to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
21 And the man, wondering at her, remained silent so as to
know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.
22 So it was, when the camels had finished drinking, that
the man took a golden nose ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for
her wrists weighing ten shekels of gold,
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