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Genesis 24:11-21 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

11. And when he had made the camels lie down without the town near a well of water in Evening, at the time when women were wont to come out to draw water, he said:

12. O Lord the God of my master Abraham, meet me to day, I beseech thee, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

13. Behold I stand nigh the spring of water, and the daughters of the inhabitants of this city will come out to draw water.

14. Now, therefore, the maid to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher that I may drink: and she shall answer, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let it be the same whom thou hast provided for thy servant Isaac: and by this I shall understand, that thou hast shown kindness to my master,

15. he had not yet ended these words within himself, and behold Rebecca came out, the daughter of Bathuel, son of Melcha, wife to Nachor the brother of Abraham, having a pitcher on her shoulder:

16. An exceedingly comely maid, and a most beautiful virgin, and not known to man: and she went down to the spring, and filled her pitcher and was coming back.

17. And the servant ran to meet her, and said: Give me a little water to drink of thy pitcher.

18. And she answered: Drink, my lord. And quickly she let down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him drink.

19. And when he had drunk, she said: I will draw water for thy camels also, till they all drink.

20. And pouring out the pitcher into the troughs, she ran back to the well to draw water: and having drawn she gave to all the camels.

21. But he musing beheld her with silence, desirous to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.

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