well and said: O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if it be so that
thou makest my journey which I go, prosperous: behold, I stond by this
well of water, and when a virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say
to her: give me a little water of thy pitcher to drink, and she say
again to me: drink thou, and I will also draw water for thy camels:
that same is the wife, whom the LORD hath prepared for my master's son.
And before I had made an end of speaking in mine heart: behold Rebecca
came forth, and her pitcher on her shoulder, and she went down unto the
well and drew. And I said unto her give me drink. And she made haste,
and took down her pitcher from off her, and said: drink, and I will
give thy camels drink also. And I drank, and she gave the camels drink
also. And I asked her saying: whose daughter art thou? And she
answered: the daughter of Bathuel Nahor's son, whom Milkah bare unto
him. And I put the earing upon her face and the bracelets upon her
hands. And I bowed myself, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the
LORD God of my master Abraham which had brought me the right way, to
take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. Now therefore if ye
will deal mercifully and truly with my master, tell me: And if not,
tell me also: that I may turn me to the right hand or to the left. Then
answered Laban and Bathuel saying: The thing is proceeded even out of
the LORD, {lorde} we can not therefore say unto thee, either good or
bad: Behold Rebecca before thy face, take her and go, and let her be
thy master's son's wife, even as the LORD hath said. And when Abraham's
servant heard their words, he bowed himself unto the LORD, flat upon
the earth. And the servant took forth jewels of silver and jewels of
gold and raiment, and gave them to Rebecca: But unto her brother and to
her mother, he gave spices. And then they ate and drank, both he and
the men that were with him, and tarried all night and rose up in the
morning. And he said: let me depart unto my master. But her brother and
her mother said: let the damsel abide with us a while, and it be but
even ten days, and then go thy ways. And he said unto them, hinder me
not: for the LORD {lorde} hath prospered my journey. Send me away that
I may go unto my master. And they said: let us call the damsel, and wit
what she saith to the matter. And they called forth Rebecca and said
unto her: wilt thou go with this man? And she said: Yea. Then they
brought Rebecca their sister on the way and her nurse and Abraham's
servant, and the men that were with him. And they blessed Rebecca and
said unto her: Thou art our sister, grow into thousand thousands, and
thy seed possess the gates of their enemies. And Rebecca arose and her
damsels, and sat them up upon the camels and went their way after the
man. And the servant took Rebecca and went his way. And Isaac was a
coming from the well of the living and seeing, for he dwelt in the
south country, and was gone out to walk in his meditations before the
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