1E Abraão era velho, e cheio de dias; e o SENHOR havia abençoado a Abraão em tudo. 2E disse Abraão a um criado seu, o mais velho de sua casa, que era o que governava em tudo o que tinha: Põe agora tua mão debaixo de minha coxa, 3E te juramentarei pelo SENHOR, Deus dos céus e Deus da terra, que não tomarás mulher para meu filho das filhas dos cananeus, entre os quais eu habito; 4Em vez disso irás à minha terra e à minha parentela, e tomarás mulher para meu filho Isaque. 5E o criado lhe respondeu: Talvez a mulher não queira vir atrás de mim a esta terra; farei voltar, pois, teu filho à terra de onde saíste? 6E Abraão lhe disse: Guarda-te que não faças voltar a meu filho ali. 7O SENHOR, Deus dos céus, que me tomou da casa de meu pai e da terra de minha parentela, e me falou e me jurou, dizendo: À tua descendência darei esta terra; ele enviará seu anjo diante de ti, e tu tomarás dali mulher para meu filho. 8E se a mulher não quiser vir atrás de ti, serás livre deste meu juramento; somente que não faças voltar ali a meu filho. 9Então o criado pôs sua mão debaixo da coxa de Abraão seu senhor, e jurou-lhe sobre este negócio. 10E o criado tomou dez camelos dos camelos de seu senhor, e foi-se, pois tinha à sua disposição todos os bens de seu senhor: e posto em caminho, chegou à Mesopotâmia, à cidade de Naor. 11E fez ajoelhar os camelos fora da cidade, junto a um poço de água, à hora da tarde, à hora em que saem as moças por água. 12E disse: SENHOR, Deus de meu senhor Abraão, dá-me, te rogo, o ter hoje bom encontro, e faze misericórdia com meu senhor Abraão. 13Eis que eu estou junto à fonte de água, e as filhas dos homens desta cidade saem por água: 14Seja, pois, que a moça a quem eu disser: Baixa teu cântaro, te rogo, para que eu beba; e ela responder: Bebe, e também darei de beber a teus camelos: que seja esta a que tu destinaste para teu servo Isaque; e nisto conhecerei que haverás feito misericórdia com meu senhor. 15E aconteceu que antes que ele acabasse de falar, eis que Rebeca, que havia nascido a Betuel, filho de Milca, mulher de Naor irmão de Abraão, a qual saía com seu cântaro sobre seu ombro. 16E a moça era de muito belo aspecto, virgem, à que homem não havia conhecido; a qual desceu à fonte, e encheu seu cântaro, e se voltava. 17Então o criado correu até ela, e disse: Rogo-te que me dês a beber um pouco de água de teu cântaro. 18E ela respondeu: Bebe, meu senhor; e apressou-se a baixar seu cântaro sobre sua mão, e lhe deu a beber. 19E quando acabou de dar-lhe de beber, disse: Também para teus camelos tirarei água, até que acabem de beber. 20E apressou-se, e esvaziou seu cântaro no bebedouro, e correu outra vez ao poço para tirar água, e tirou para todos os seus camelos. 21E o homem estava maravilhado dela, permanecendo calado, para saber se o SENHOR havia prosperado ou não sua viagem. 22E foi que quando os camelos acabaram de beber, presenteou-lhe o homem um pendente de ouro que pesava meio siclo, e dois braceletes que pesavam dez; 23E disse: De quem és filha? Rogo-te me digas, há lugar em casa de teu pai onde possamos passar a noite? 24E ela respondeu: Sou filha de Betuel, filho de Milca, o qual deu à luz ela a Naor. 25E acrescentou: Também há em nossa casa palha e muita forragem, e lugar para passar a noite. 26O homem então se inclinou, e adorou ao SENHOR. 27E disse: Bendito seja o SENHOR, Deus de meu senhor Abraão, que não afastou sua misericórdia e sua verdade de meu senhor, guiando-me o SENHOR no caminho à casa dos irmãos de meu senhor. 28E a moça correu, e fez saber na casa de sua mãe estas coisas. 29E Rebeca tinha um irmão que se chamava Labão, o qual correu fora ao homem, à fonte; 30E foi que quando viu o pendente e os braceletes nas mãos de sua irmã, que dizia, Assim me falou aquele homem; veio a ele: e eis que estava junto aos camelos à fonte. 31E disse-lhe: Vem, bendito do SENHOR; por que estás fora? eu limpei a casa, e o lugar para os camelos. 32Então o homem veio à casa, e Labão desatou os camelos; e deu-lhes palha e forragem, e água para lavar os pés dele, e os pés dos homens que com ele vinham. 33E puseram diante dele comida; mas ele disse: Não comerei até que tenha dito minha mensagem. E ele lhe disse: Fala. 34Então disse: Eu sou criado de Abraão; 35E o SENHOR abençoou muito a meu senhor, e ele se engrandeceu: e lhe deu ovelhas e vacas, prata e ouro, servos e servas, camelos e asnos. 36E Sara, mulher de meu senhor, deu à luz em sua velhice um filho a meu senhor, quem lhe deu tudo quanto tem. 37E meu senhor me fez jurar, dizendo: Não tomarás mulher para meu filho das filhas dos cananeus, em cuja terra habito; 38Em vez disso irás à casa de meu pai, e à minha parentela, e tomarás mulher para meu filho. 39E eu disse: Talvez a mulher não queira me seguir. 40Então ele me respondeu: O SENHOR, em cuja presença tenho andado, enviará seu anjo contigo, e fará teu caminho ser bem-sucedido; e tomarás mulher para meu filho de minha linhagem e da casa de meu pai; 41Então serás livre de meu juramento, quando houveres chegado à minha linhagem; e se não a derem a ti, serás livre de meu juramento. 42Cheguei, pois, hoje à fonte, e disse: SENHOR, Deus de meu senhor Abraão, se tu fazes bem-sucedido agora meu caminho pelo qual ando; 43Eis que eu estou junto à fonte de água; seja, pois, que a virgem que sair por água, à qual disser: Dá-me de beber, te rogo, um pouco de água de teu cântaro; 44E ela me responder, Bebe tu, e também para teus camelos tirarei água: esta seja a mulher que destinou o SENHOR para o filho de meu senhor. 45E antes que acabasse de falar em meu coração, eis que Rebeca saía com seu cântaro sobre seu ombro; e desceu à fonte, e tirou água; e lhe disse: Rogo-te que me dês de beber. 46E prontamente baixou seu cântaro de cima de si, e disse: Bebe, e também a teus camelos darei a beber. E bebi, e deu também de beber a meus camelos. 47Então lhe perguntei, e disse: De quem és filha? E ela respondeu: Filha de Betuel, filho de Naor, que Milca lhe deu. Então pus nela um pendente sobre seu nariz, e braceletes sobre suas mãos; 48E inclinei-me, e adorei ao SENHOR, e bendisse ao SENHOR, Deus de meu senhor Abraão, que me havia guiado pelo caminho de verdade para tomar a filha do irmão de meu senhor para seu filho. 49Agora, pois, se vós fazeis misericórdia e verdade com meu senhor, declarai-o a mim; e se não, declarai-o a mim; e irei embora à direita ou à esquerda. 50Então Labão e Betuel responderam e disseram: Do SENHOR saiu isto; não podemos falar-te mal nem bem. 51Eis aí Rebeca diante de ti; toma-a e vai-te, e seja mulher do filho de teu senhor, como o disse o SENHOR. 52E foi, que quando o criado de Abraão ouviu suas palavras, inclinou-se à terra ao SENHOR. 53E o criado tirou objetos de prata, objetos de ouro e roupas, e deu a Rebeca: também deu coisas preciosas a seu irmão e a sua mãe. 54E comeram e beberam ele e os homens que vinham com ele, e dormiram; e levantando-se de manhã, disse: Autorizai-me voltar a meu senhor. 55Então respondeu seu irmão e sua mãe: Espere a moça conosco ao menos dez dias, e depois irá. 56E ele lhes disse: Não me detenhais, pois que o SENHOR fez prosperar meu caminho; despede-me para que me vá a meu senhor. 57Eles responderam então: Chamemos a moça e perguntemos a ela. 58E chamaram a Rebeca, e disseram-lhe: Irás tu com este homem? E ela respondeu: Sim, irei. 59Então deixaram ir a Rebeca sua irmã, e à sua criada, e ao criado de Abraão e a seus homens. 60E abençoaram a Rebeca, e disseram-lhe: És nossa irmã; sejas em milhares de milhares, e tua geração possua a porta de seus inimigos. 61Levantou-se então Rebeca e suas moças, e subiram sobre os camelos, e seguiram ao homem; e o criado tomou a Rebeca, e foi embora. 62E vinha Isaque do poço do Vivente que me vê; porque ele habitava na terra do Sul; 63E havia saído Isaque a orar ao campo, à hora da tarde; e levantando seus olhos, olhou, e eis os camelos que vinham. 64Rebeca também levantou seus olhos, e viu a Isaque, e desceu do camelo; 65Porque havia perguntado ao criado: Quem é este homem que vem pelo campo até nós? E o servo havia respondido: Este é meu senhor. Ela então tomou o véu, e cobriu-se. 66Então o criado contou a Isaque tudo o que havia feito. 67E trouxe-a Isaque à tenda de sua mãe Sara, e tomou a Rebeca por mulher; e amou-a: e consolou-se Isaque depois da morte de sua mãe.
1Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things. 2Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh. 3I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live. 4But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.” 5The servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?” 6Abraham said to him, “Beware that you don’t bring my son there again. 7Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, ‘I will give this land to your seed.’ He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. 8If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.” 9The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter. 10The servant took ten camels, of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor. 11He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water. 12He said, “Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. 13Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. 14Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ and she will say, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,’—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.” 15Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder. 16The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up. 17The servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher.” 18She said, “Drink, my lord.” She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink. 19When she had done giving him drink, she said, “I will also draw for your camels, until they have done drinking.” 20She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels. 21The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not. 22As the camels had done drinking, the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold, 23and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father’s house for us to lodge in?” 24She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.” 25She said moreover to him, “We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.” 26The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh. 27He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me on the way to the house of my master’s relatives.” 28The young lady ran, and told her mother’s house about these words. 29Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring. 30When he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “This is what the man said to me,” he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring. 31He said, “Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.” 32The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. 33Food was set before him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told my message.” He said, “Speak on.” 34He said, “I am Abraham’s servant. 35Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys. 36Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him. 37My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live, 38but you shall go to my father’s house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’ 39I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’ 40He said to me, ‘Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son of my relatives, and of my father’s house. 41Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don’t give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.’ 42I came this day to the spring, and said, ‘Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go— 43behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes out to draw, to whom I will say, “Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,” 44and she will tell me, “Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,”—let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my master’s son.’ 45Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’ 46She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.’ So I drank, and she also gave the camels a drink. 47I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands. 48I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son. 49Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.” 50Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can’t speak to you bad or good. 51Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as Yahweh has spoken.” 52When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh. 53The servant brought out jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and her mother. 54They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master.” 55Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.” 56He said to them, “Don’t hinder me, since Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.” 57They said, “We will call the young lady, and ask her.” 58They called Rebekah, and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” She said, “I will go.” 59They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham’s servant, and his men. 60They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them.” 61Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way. 62Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the South. 63Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming. 64Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel. 65She said to the servant, “Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” She took her veil, and covered herself. 66The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
1Abraham nu was oud, en wel bedaagd; en de HEERE had Abraham in alles gezegend. 2Zo sprak Abraham tot zijn knecht, den oudste van zijn huis, regerende over alles, wat hij had: Leg toch uw hand onder mijn heup, 3Opdat ik u doe zweren bij den HEERE, den God des hemels, en den God der aarde, dat gij voor mijn zoon geen vrouw nemen zult van de dochteren der Kanaanieten, in het midden van welke ik woon; 4Maar dat gij naar mijn land, en naar mijn maagschap trekken, en voor mijn zoon Izak een vrouw nemen zult. 5En die knecht zeide tot hem: Misschien zal die vrouw mij niet willen volgen in dit land; zal ik dan uw zoon moeten wederbrengen in het land, waar gij uitgetogen zijt? 6En Abraham zeide tot hem: Wacht u, dat gij mijn zoon niet weder daarheen brengt! 7De HEERE, de God des hemels, Die mij uit mijns vaders huis en uit het land mijner maagschap genomen heeft, en Die tot mij gesproken heeft, en Die mij gezworen heeft, zeggende: Aan uw zaad zal Ik dit land geven! Die Zelf zal Zijn Engel voor uw aangezicht zenden, dat gij voor mijn zoon van daar een vrouw neemt. 8Maar indien de vrouw u niet volgen wil, zo zult gij rein zijn van dezen mijn eed; alleenlijk breng mijn zoon daar niet weder heen. 9Toen legde de knecht zijn hand onder de heup van Abraham, zijn heer, en hij zwoer hem over deze zaak. 10En die knecht nam tien kemelen van zijns heren kemelen, en toog heen; en al het goed zijns heren was in zijn hand; en hij maakte zich op, en toog heen naar Mesopotamie, naar de stad van Nahor. 11En hij deed de kemelen nederknielen buiten de stad, bij een waterput, des avondtijds, ten tijde, als de putsters uitkwamen. 12En hij zeide: HEERE! God van mijn heer Abraham! doe haar mij toch heden ontmoeten, en doe weldadigheid bij Abraham, mijn heer. 13Zie, ik sta bij de waterfontein, en de dochteren der mannen dezer stad zijn uitgaande om water te putten; 14Zo geschiede, dat die jonge dochter, tot welke ik zal zeggen: Neig toch uw kruik, dat ik drinke; en zij zal zeggen: Drink, en ik zal ook uw kemelen drenken; diezelve zij, die Gij Uw knecht Izak toegewezen hebt, en dat ik daaraan bekenne, dat Gij weldadigheid bij mijn heer gedaan hebt. 15En het geschiedde, eer hij geeindigd had te spreken, ziet, zo kwam Rebekka uit, welke aan Bethuel geboren was, de zoon van Milka, de huisvrouw van Nahor, de broeder van Abraham; en zij had haar kruik op haar schouder. 16En die jonge dochter was zeer schoon van aangezicht, een maagd, en geen man had haar bekend; en zij ging af naar de fontein, en vulde haar kruik, en ging op. 17Toen liep die knecht haar tegemoet, en hij zeide: Laat mij toch een weinig waters uit uw kruik drinken. 18En zij zeide: Drink, mijn heer! en zij haastte zich en liet haar kruik neder op haar hand, en gaf hem te drinken. 19Als zij nu voleindigd had van hem drinken te geven, zeide zij: Ik zal ook voor uw kemelen putten, totdat zij voleindigd hebben te drinken. 20En zij haastte zich, en goot haar kruik uit in de drinkbak, en liep weder naar den put om te putten, en zij putte voor al zijn kemelen. 21En de man ontzette zich over haar, stilzwijgende, om te merken, of de HEERE zijn weg voorspoedig gemaakt had, of niet. 22En het geschiedde, als de kemelen voleindigd hadden te drinken, dat die man een gouden voorhoofdsiersel nam, welks gewicht was een halve sikkel, en twee armringen aan haar handen, welker gewicht was tien sikkelen gouds. 23Want hij had gezegd: Wiens dochter zijt gij? geef het mij toch te kennen; is er ook ten huize uws vaders plaats voor ons, om te vernachten? 24En zij had tot hem gezegd: Ik ben de dochter van Bethuel, de zoon van Milka, die zij Nahor gebaard heeft. 25Voorts had zij tot hem gezegd: Ook is er stro en veel voeders bij ons, ook plaats om te vernachten. 26Toen neigde die man zijn hoofd, en aanbad den HEERE; 27En hij zeide: Geloofd zij de HEERE, de God van mijn heer Abraham, Die Zijn weldadigheid en waarheid niet nagelaten heeft van mijn heer; aangaande mij, de HEERE heeft mij op dezen weg geleid, ten huize van mijns heren broederen. 28En die jonge dochter liep, en gaf ten huize harer moeder te kennen, gelijk deze zaken waren. 29En Rebekka had een broeder, wiens naam was Laban; en Laban liep tot die man naar buiten tot de fontein. 30En het geschiedde, als hij dat voorhoofdsiersel gezien had, en de armringen aan de handen zijner zuster; en als hij gehoord had de woorden zijner zuster Rebekka, zeggende: Alzo heeft die man tot mij gesproken, zo kwam hij tot dien man, en ziet, hij stond bij de kemelen, bij de fontein. 31En hij zeide: Kom in, gij, gezegende des HEEREN! waarom zoudt gij buiten staan? want ik heb het huis bereid, en de plaats voor de kemelen. 32Toen kwam die man naar het huis toe, en men ontgordde de kemelen, en men gaf den kemelen stro en voeder; en water om zijn voeten te wassen, en de voeten der mannen, die bij hem waren. 33Daarna werd hem te eten voorgezet; maar hij zeide: Ik zal niet eten, totdat ik mijn woorden gesproken heb. En hij zeide: Spreek! 34Toen zeide hij: Ik ben een knecht van Abraham; 35En de HEERE heeft mijn heer zeer gezegend, zodat hij groot geworden is; en Hij heeft hem gegeven schapen, en runderen, en zilver, en goud, en knechten, en maagden, en kemelen, en ezelen. 36En Sara, de huisvrouw van mijn heer, heeft mijn heer een zoon gebaard, nadat zij oud geworden was; en hij heeft hem gegeven alles, wat hij heeft. 37En mijn heer heeft mij doen zweren, zeggende: Gij zult voor mijn zoon geen vrouw nemen van de dochteren der Kanaanieten, in welker land ik wone; 38Maar gij zult trekken naar het huis mijns vaders, en naar mijn geslacht, en zult voor mijn zoon een vrouw nemen! 39Toen zeide ik tot mijn heer: Misschien zal mij de vrouw niet volgen. 40En hij zeide tot mij: De HEERE, voor Wiens aangezicht ik gewandeld heb, zal Zijn Engel met u zenden, en Hij zal uw weg voorspoedig maken, dat gij voor mijn zoon een vrouw neemt, uit mijn geslacht en uit mijns vaders huis. 41Dan zult gij van mijn eed rein zijn, wanneer gij tot mijn geslacht zult gegaan zijn; en indien zij haar u niet geven, zo zult gij rein zijn van mijn eed. 42En ik kwam heden aan de fontein; en ik zeide: O, HEERE! God van mijn heer Abraham! zo Gij nu mijn weg voorspoedig maken zult, op welke ik ga; 43Zie, ik sta bij de waterfontein; zo geschiede, dat de maagd, die uitkomen zal om te putten, en tot welke ik zeggen zal: Geef mij toch een weinig waters te drinken uit uw kruik; 44En zij tot mij zal zeggen: Drink gij ook, en ik zal ook uw kemelen putten; dat deze die vrouw zij, die de HEERE aan den zoon van mijn heer heeft toegewezen. 45Eer ik geeindigd had te spreken in mijn hart, ziet, zo kwam Rebekka uit, en had haar kruik op haar schouder, en zij kwam af tot de fontein en putte; en ik zeide tot haar: Geef mij toch te drinken! 46Zo haastte zij zich en liet haar kruik van zich neder, en zeide: Drink gij, en ik zal ook uw kemelen drenken; en ik dronk, en zij drenkte ook de kemelen. 47Toen vraagde ik haar, en zeide: Wiens dochter zijt gij? En zij zeide: De dochter van Bethuel, den zoon van Nahor, welken Milka hem gebaard heeft. Zo legde ik het voorhoofdsiersel op haar aangezicht, en de armringen aan haar handen; 48En ik neigde mijn hoofd, en aanbad de HEERE; en ik loofde den HEERE, den God van mijn heer Abraham, Die mij op den rechten weg geleid had, om de dochter des broeders van mijn heer voor zijn zoon te nemen. 49Nu dan, zo gijlieden weldadigheid en trouw aan mijn heer doen zult, geeft het mij te kennen; en zo niet, geeft het mij ook te kennen, opdat ik mij ter rechterhand of ter linkerhand wende. 50Toen antwoordde Laban en Bethuel, en zeiden: Van den HEERE is deze zaak voortgekomen; wij kunnen kwaad noch goed tot u spreken. 51Zie, Rebekka is voor uw aangezicht; neem haar en trek henen; zij zij de vrouw van den zoon uws heren, gelijk de HEERE gesproken heeft! 52En het geschiedde, als Abrahams knecht hun woorden hoorde, zo boog hij zich ter aarde voor den HEERE. 53En de knecht langde voort zilveren kleinoden, en gouden kleinoden, en klederen, en hij gaf die aan Rebekka; hij gaf ook aan haar broeder en haar moeder kostelijkheden. 54Toen aten en dronken zij, hij en de mannen, die bij hem waren; en zij vernachtten, en zij stonden des morgens op, en hij zeide: Laat mij trekken tot mijn heer! 55Toen zeide haar broeder, en haar moeder: Laat de jonge dochter enige dagen, of tien, bij ons blijven; daarna zult gij gaan. 56Maar hij zeide tot hen: Houdt mij niet op, dewijl de HEERE mijn weg voorspoedig gemaakt heeft! laat mij trekken, dat ik tot mijn heer ga. 57Toen zeiden zij: Laat ons de jonge dochter roepen, en haar mond vragen. 58En zij riepen Rebekka, en zeiden tot haar: Zult gij met deze man trekken? En zij antwoordde: Ik zal trekken. 59Toen lieten zij Rebekka, hun zuster, en haar voedster trekken, mitsgaders Abrahams knecht en zijn mannen. 60En zij zegenden Rebekka, en zeiden tot haar: O, onze zuster! wordt gij tot duizenden millioenen, en uw zaad bezitte de poort zijner haters! 61En Rebekka maakte zich op met haar jonge dochteren, en zij reden op kemelen, en volgden den man; en die knecht nam Rebekka, en toog heen. 62Izak nu kwam, van daar men komt tot den put Lachai-Roi; en hij woonde in het zuiderland. 63En Izak was uitgegaan om te bidden in het veld, tegen het naken van den avond; en hij hief zijn ogen op en zag toe, en ziet, de kemelen kwamen! 64Rebekka hief ook haar ogen op, en zij zag Izak; en zij viel van den kemel af. 65En zij zeide tot den knecht: Wie is die man, die ons in het veld tegemoet wandelt? En de knecht zeide: Dat is mijn heer! Toen nam zij den sluier, en bedekte zich. 66En de knecht vertelde aan Izak al de zaken, die hij gedaan had. 67En Izak bracht haar in de tent van zijn moeder Sara; en hij nam Rebekka, en zij werd hem ter vrouw, en hij had haar lief. Alzo werd Izak getroost na zijner moeders dood.
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