8. But if the woman will not follow thee, thou shalt not be bound by the oath; only bring not my son back thither again.
9. The servant therefore put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and swore to him upon this word.
10. And he took ten camels of his master's herd, and departed, carrying something of all his goods with him, and he set forth and went on to Mesopotamia to the city of Nachor.
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.