And before I had made an ende of speakynge in myne harte: beholde
Rebecca came forth/ and hir pitcher on hir shulder/ and she went doune
vnto the well and drewe. And I sayde vnto her geue me dryncke. And she
made hast and toke doune hir pitcher from of hir/ ãd sayd: drinke/ and
I will geue thy camels drynke also. And I asked her saynge: whose
doughter art thou? And she answered: the doughter of Bathuell Nahors
sonne whome Milca bare vnto him.
And I put the earynge vpon hir face and the bracelettes apon hir
hondes. And I bowed my selfe and worshepped the LORde and blessed the
LORde God of my master Abrahã which had brought me the right waye/ to
take my masters brothers doughter vnto his sonne. Now therfore yf ye
will deall mercyfully and truly with my master/ tell me. And yf no/
tell me also: that I maye turne me to the right hande or to the left.
Than answered Laban and Bathuel saynge: The thinge is proceded even
out of the lorde/ we can not therfore saye vnto the/ ether good or
bad: Beholde Rebecca before thy face/ take her and goo/ and let her be
thy masters sonnes wife/ euen as the LORde hath sayde. And whẽ
Abrahams servaunte herde their wordes/ he bowed himselfe vnto the
LORde/ flatt vpon the erth. And the servaunte toke forth iewells
of syluer and iewelles of gold and rayment/ and gaue them to Rebecca:
But vnto hir brother & to hir mother/ he gaue spyces. And then they
ate and dranke/ both he and the men that were with him/ and taried all
nyghte and rose vp in the mornynge.
And he sayde: let me de parte vnto my master. But hir brother and hir
mother sayde: let the damsell abyde with vs a while/ ãd it be but even
.x. dayes/ and than goo thy wayes. And he sayde vnto them/ hinder me
not: for the lorde hath prospered my iourney. Sende me away y^t I maye
goo vnto my master. And they sayde: let vs call the damsell/ and witt
what she sayth to the matter. And they called forth Rebecca ãd sayde
vnto her: wilt thou goo with this mã? And she sayde: Yee.
[Sidenote: * To bless a mãs neyboure is to praye for him ãd to wisshe
him goode and not to wagge .ij. fĩgers ouer him.]
Than they broughte Rebecca their sister on the waye and her norse and
Abrahãs servaunte/ and the men that were wyth him. And they * blessed
Rebecca & sayde vnto her: Thou are oure sister/ growe in to thousande
thousandes/ & thy seed possesse y^e gates of their enimes. And Rebecca
arose & hir damsels/ & satt thẽ vp apõ the camels & went their waye
after the man. And y^e servaunte toke Rebecca & went his waye
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