9. So the servant gave Abraham his word that he would do everything he had been told to do.
10. Soon after that, the servant loaded ten of Abraham's camels with valuable gifts. Then he set out for the city in northern Syria, where Abraham's brother Nahor lived.
11. When he got there, he let the camels rest near the well outside the city. It was late afternoon, the time when the women came out for water.
12. The servant prayed:You, Lord, are the God my master Abraham worships. Please keep your promise to him and let me find a wife for Isaac today.
13. The young women of the city will soon come to this well for water,
14. and I'll ask one of them for a drink. If she gives me a drink and then offers to get some water for my camels, I'll know she is the one you have chosen and that you have kept your promise to my master.
15-16. While he was still praying, a beautiful unmarried young woman came by with a water jar on her shoulder. She was Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Abraham's brother Nahor and his wife Milcah. Rebekah walked past Abraham's servant, then went over to the well, and filled her water jar. When she started back,
17. Abraham's servant ran to her and said, “Please let me have a drink of water.”
18. “I'll be glad to,” she answered. Then she quickly took the jar from her shoulder and held it while he drank.
19-20. After he had finished, she said, “Now I'll give your camels all the water they want.” She quickly poured out water for them, and she kept going back for more, until his camels had drunk all they wanted.
21. Abraham's servant did not say a word, but he watched everything Rebekah did, because he wanted to know for certain if this was the woman the Lord had chosen.
22. The servant had brought along an expensive gold ring and two large gold bracelets. When Rebekah had finished bringing the water, he gave her the ring for her nose and the bracelets for her arms.
23. Then he said, “Please tell me who your father is. Does he have room in his house for me and my men to spend the night?”