English Bible Presentation Sharing - Genesis Book, chapter 24, verse 46 in Hcsb Version

Genesis 24 : 1 (HCSB)

Abraham was now old, getting on in years, and the LORD had blessed him in everything.

Genesis 24 : 2 (HCSB)

Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his household who managed all he owned, "Place your hand under my thigh,

Genesis 24 : 3 (HCSB)

and I will have you swear by the LORD, God of heaven and God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live,

Genesis 24 : 4 (HCSB)

but will go to my land and my family to take a wife for my son Isaac."

Genesis 24 : 5 (HCSB)

The servant said to him, "Suppose the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Should I have your son go back to the land you came from?"

Genesis 24 : 6 (HCSB)

Abraham answered him, "Make sure that you don't take my son back there.

Genesis 24 : 7 (HCSB)

The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from my native land, who spoke to me and swore to me, 'I will give this land to your offspring'-- He will send His angel before you, and you can take a wife for my son from there.

Genesis 24 : 8 (HCSB)

If the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are free from this oath to me, but don't let my son go back there."

Genesis 24 : 9 (HCSB)

So the servant placed his hand under his master Abraham's thigh and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

Genesis 24 : 10 (HCSB)

The servant took 10 of his master's camels and departed with all kinds of his master's goods in hand. Then he set out for the town of Nahor, Aram-naharaim.

Genesis 24 : 11 (HCSB)

He made the camels kneel beside a well of water outside the town at evening. *This was the time when the women went out to draw water.

Genesis 24 : 12 (HCSB)

"LORD, God of my master Abraham," he prayed, "grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

Genesis 24 : 13 (HCSB)

I am standing here at the spring where the daughters of the men of the town are coming out to draw water.

Genesis 24 : 14 (HCSB)

Let the girl to whom I say, 'Please lower your water jug so that I may drink,' and who responds, 'Drink, and I'll water your camels also'-- 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."

Genesis 24 : 15 (HCSB)

Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah-- daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor-- coming with a jug on her shoulder.

Genesis 24 : 16 (HCSB)

Now the girl was very beautiful, a young woman who had not known a man intimately. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up.

Genesis 24 : 17 (HCSB)

Then the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please let me have a little water from your jug."

Genesis 24 : 18 (HCSB)

She replied, "Drink, my lord." She quickly lowered her jug to her hand and gave him a drink.

Genesis 24 : 19 (HCSB)

When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I'll also draw water for your camels until they have had enough to drink."

Genesis 24 : 20 (HCSB)

She quickly emptied her jug into the trough and hurried to the well again to draw water. She drew water for all his camels

Genesis 24 : 21 (HCSB)

while the man silently watched her to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.

Genesis 24 : 22 (HCSB)

After the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing half a shekel, and for her wrists two bracelets weighing 10 shekels of gold.

Genesis 24 : 23 (HCSB)

"Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"

Genesis 24 : 24 (HCSB)

She answered him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor."

Genesis 24 : 25 (HCSB)

She also said to him, "We have plenty of straw and feed, and a place to spend the night."

Genesis 24 : 26 (HCSB)

Then the man bowed down, worshiped the LORD,

Genesis 24 : 27 (HCSB)

and said, "Praise the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master's relatives."

Genesis 24 : 28 (HCSB)

The girl ran and told her mother's household about these things.

Genesis 24 : 29 (HCSB)

Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and Laban ran out to the man at the spring.

Genesis 24 : 30 (HCSB)

As soon as he had seen the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's wrists, and when he had heard his sister Rebekah's words-- "The man said this to me!"-- he went to the man. He was standing there by the camels at the spring.

Genesis 24 : 31 (HCSB)

Laban said, "Come, you who are blessed by the LORD. Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels."

Genesis 24 : 32 (HCSB)

So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was brought to wash his feet and the feet of the men with him.

Genesis 24 : 33 (HCSB)

A meal was set before him, but he said, "I will not eat until I have said what I have to say." So Laban said, "Speak on."

Genesis 24 : 34 (HCSB)

"I am Abraham's servant," he said.

Genesis 24 : 35 (HCSB)

"The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female slaves, and camels and donkeys.

Genesis 24 : 36 (HCSB)

Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.

Genesis 24 : 37 (HCSB)

My master put me under this oath: 'You will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I live

Genesis 24 : 38 (HCSB)

but will go to my father's household and to my family to take a wife for my son.'

Genesis 24 : 39 (HCSB)

But I said to my master, 'Suppose the woman will not come back with me?'

Genesis 24 : 40 (HCSB)

He said to me, 'The LORD before whom I have walked will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, and you will take a wife for my son from my family and from my father's household.

Genesis 24 : 41 (HCSB)

Then you will be free from my oath if you go to my family and they do not give *her to you-- you will be free from my oath.'

Genesis 24 : 42 (HCSB)

"Today when I came to the spring, I prayed: LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You will make my journey successful!

Genesis 24 : 43 (HCSB)

I am standing here at a spring. Let the virgin who comes out to draw water, and I say to her: Please let me drink a little water from your jug,

Genesis 24 : 44 (HCSB)

and who responds to me, 'Drink, and I'll draw water for your camels also'-- let her be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master's son.

Genesis 24 : 45 (HCSB)

"Before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming with her jug on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her: Please let me have a drink.

Genesis 24 : 46 (HCSB)

She quickly lowered her jug from her *shoulder and said, 'Drink, and I'll water your camels also.' So I drank, and she also watered the camels.

Genesis 24 : 47 (HCSB)

Then I asked her: Whose daughter are you? She responded, 'The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.' So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

Genesis 24 : 48 (HCSB)

Then I bowed down, worshiped the LORD, and praised the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who guided me on the right way to take the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

Genesis 24 : 49 (HCSB)

Now, if you are going to show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; if not, tell me, and I will go elsewhere."

Genesis 24 : 50 (HCSB)

Laban and Bethuel answered, "This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.

Genesis 24 : 51 (HCSB)

Rebekah is here in front of you. Take *her and go, and let her be a wife for your master's son, just as the LORD has spoken."

Genesis 24 : 52 (HCSB)

When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed to the ground before the LORD.

Genesis 24 : 53 (HCSB)

Then he brought out objects of silver and gold, and garments, and gave *them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.

Genesis 24 : 54 (HCSB)

Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they got up in the morning, he said, "Send me to my master."

Genesis 24 : 55 (HCSB)

But her brother and mother said, "Let the girl stay with us for about 10 days. Then she can go."

Genesis 24 : 56 (HCSB)

But he responded to them, "Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me away so that I may go to my master."

Genesis 24 : 57 (HCSB)

So they said, "Let's call the girl and ask her opinion."

Genesis 24 : 58 (HCSB)

They called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She replied, "I will go."

Genesis 24 : 59 (HCSB)

So they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.

Genesis 24 : 60 (HCSB)

They blessed Rebekah, saying to her: Our sister, may you become thousands upon ten thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.

Genesis 24 : 61 (HCSB)

Then Rebekah and her young women got up, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

Genesis 24 : 62 (HCSB)

Now Isaac was returning from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev region.

Genesis 24 : 63 (HCSB)

In the early evening, Isaac went out to walk in the field, and looking up, he saw camels coming.

Genesis 24 : 64 (HCSB)

Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she got down from her camel

Genesis 24 : 65 (HCSB)

and asked the servant, "Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?" The servant answered, "It is my master." So she took her veil and covered herself.

Genesis 24 : 66 (HCSB)

Then the servant told Isaac everything he had done.

Genesis 24 : 67 (HCSB)

And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah to be his wife. Isaac loved her, and he was comforted after his mother's *death .