And Abraham was old with days, and the Word of the Lord had blessed Abraham with every kind of blessing.

And Abraham said to Eliezer his servant, the senior of his house, who had rule over all his property, Put now thy hand upon the section of my circumcision.

And swear to me in the name of the Word of the Lord God, whose habitation is in heaven on high, the God whose dominion is over the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Kenaanites among whom I dwell;

but that thou wilt go to the land and the house of my kindred, and take a wife for my son, for Izhak.

And the domestic said to him, suppose the woman may not be willing to come after me to this land; shall I, returning make thy son return to the land from whence thou camest?

And Abraham said to him, Beware, lest thou make my son return thither!

The Lord God, whose seat is in heaven on high, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth; and who spake to me, and sware to me, saying, To thy son will I give this land; He will seasonably send His angel, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.

But if the woman be not willing to come after thee, thou shalt be innocent from this my oath; only make not my son return thither.

And the servant put his hand upon the circumcised part of Abraham his lord, and sware to him according to this thing.

And the servant took ten camels from the camels of his lord, and went: for all the goodly treasures of his lord were in his hand; and he arose and went unto Aram, which was by the Pherat, to the city of Nachor.

And he made the camels lie down without the city by the fountain of waters, at the time of evening, the time when the fillers (of water) come forth.

And he said, Lord God of my master Abraham, prepare thou a proper woman before me today, and deal graciously with my master Abraham.

Behold I stand at the well of waters, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming forth to fill waters.

Let the damsel to whom I say, Reach me now thy pitcher, that I may drink, and she say, Drink, and I will also make my camels drink, be she whom thou hast provided to go to thy servant Izhak; and herein shall I know that Thou hast dealt graciously with my master.

And it was in that little hour, while he had not ceased to speak, that, behold, Rivekah came forth, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcha, the wife of Nachor, the brother of Abraham, and her pitcher was upon her shoulder.

And the damsel was a virgin, very beautiful to behold, and she descended to the fountain and filled her pitcher, and came up.

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me taste now a little water from thy pitcher.

And she said, Drink, my lord; and hastened to let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

And she finished giving him drink, and said, Also for thy camels I will fill until they be satisfied with drinking.

And she hastened and emptied the pitcher into the canal, the place of drinking, and ran again to the well to fill; and she filled for all his camels.

But the man waited, and was silent, to know whether the Lord had prospered his way or not.

And it was when the camels had been satisfied with drink, that the man took an earring of gold, of a drachma in weight, the counterpart of the drachma of the head (money) which her children presented for the work of the sanctuary; and he set two golden bracelets upon her hands, in weight ten sileen of gold; the sum of their weight being the counterpart of the two tables on which were inscribed the Ten Words.

And he said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me now, if in thy father's house there be room for us to lodge.

And she said, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcha, whom she bare to Nachor.

And she told him, saying, There is also straw and provender in plenty with us, as also proper room to lodge.

And the man bowed and worshipped before the Lord, who had thus prepared before him a suitable wife.

And he said, Blessed be the Name of the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not restrained His mercy and His truth from my master; for the sake of his righteousness in the right way hath the Lord led me to the house of my master's brother.

And Rivekah had a brother whose name was Laban. And Laban ran towards the man without at the fountain.

And when Laban saw the ring and the bracelets upon the hands of his sister, and heard the words of Rivekah his sister, saying, Thus hath the man spoken with me; he came to the man, and behold, he stood by the camels at the fountain.

And Laban thought that this was Abraham, and said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord: wherefore standest thou without, when I have purified the house from strange worship, and have prepared a place for the camels?

And the man entered the house, and Laban undid the gear of the camels, and gave the camels straw and provender; and water (to Eliezer) to wash his feet, and the feet of the men who were with him.

And he set in order before him to eat, prepared food in which was poison to kill; but he objected to it, and said, I will not eat, until I have spoken my words. And he said, Speak.

And he said, I am the servant of Abraham.

And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly, and hath increased, and given him sheep and oxen, silver and gold, servants and handmaids, and camels and asses.

And Sarah; my master's wife, bare a son after she was old, and he hath given to him all that he hath.

And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Kenaanites in whose land I dwell,

but shall go to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

But I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not come after me.

And he said to me, The Lord before whom I worship will appoint His angel to be with thee, and will prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son from my household, from the race of my father's house.

Then shalt thou be free from my oath: if, when thou art come to the house of my kindred, they give not to thee, thou shalt be free from thy oath.

And I came today to the fountain, and said, Lord God of my master Abraham, if now Thou hast prospered the journey upon which I have come,

behold, I stand at the fountain of water,--let the damsel who may come forth to fill, to whom I will say, Give me now a little water to drink from thy pitcher,

and she say, Drink, and for thy camels also will I draw, be the wife whom the Lord hath prepared by His decree for my master's son.

I had not yet finished speaking in the thoughts of my heart, when, behold, Rivekah came forth with the pitcher upon (her) shoulder, and went down to the fountain, and filled. And I said, Let me now drink.

And she hastened and let down her pitcher from her, and said, Drink, and I will also give thy camels drink.

And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nachor, whom Milcha bare to him. And I set the jewel upon her brow, and the bracelets on her hand,

and bowed and worshipped before the Lord; and I blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the true way to take the daughter of master's brother for his son.

And now, if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the south or to the north.

And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing hath come forth from before the Lord that Rivekah should be given to Izhak, and we cannot say to thee either evil or good.

Behold, Rivekah is before thee, take and go, and let her be the wife of thy master's son, as the Lord hath spoken.

And when Abraham's servant heard these words, he worshipped on the ground before the Lord.

And the servant brought forth vessels of silver and of gold, and vestments, and gave them to Rivekah; and presents give he to her brother and to her mother.

And they ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and passed the night. And he arose in the morning, and said, Send me away to my master.

But as they were talking in the evening, Bethuel had eaten of that prepared food; and in the morning they found that he was dead. And the brother and mother said therefore, Let the damsel dwell with us the days of one year or ten months, and then she shall go.

And he said, Hinder me not, when the Lord hath prospered my way; let me depart, and I will go to my master.

And they said, We will call Rivekah, and hear what she says.

And they called Rivekah, and said to her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

And they let Rivekah their sister go, and her nurse, and the servant of Abraham, and his men.

And they blessed Rivekah, and said to her, Hitherto thou wast our sister; and now thou art going and art wedded to the righteous; so prosper thou, that from thee may come thousands of myriads; and may thy sons inherit the cities of those who hate them.

And Rivekah arose, and her damsel, and they rode upon camels, and went after the man. And the servant took Rivekah with him and journeyed. And as the way was shortened to him in his journey to Padan Aram, so was it shortened to him in his return, that in one day he went, and in one day he returned.

And Izhak was coming from the school of the Rabba Shem, by the way of the fountain where had been revealed to him the Living and Eternal One, who seeth, and is not seen; and he resided in the land of the south.

And Izhak went forth to pray upon the face of the field at the time of evening; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were approaching.

And Rivekah lifted up her eyes, and saw Izhak, and she bowed upon the camel.

And she said to the servant, Who is the man (so) majestic and graceful, who walks in the field before us? And the servant said, He is my master. And she took a veil and covered herself.

And the servant related to Izhak everything he had done.

And Izhak introduced her into the tabernacle of Sarah his mother, and thereupon the light (again) shined which had gone out at the time of Sarah's death. And he took Rivekah, and she was his wife, and he loved her; for he saw her works that they were upright as the works of his mother. And Izhak was consoled after his mother's death.