8. If the young woman is not willing to come with you, you will be free from this promise. But you must not under any circumstances take my son back there.”
9. So the servant put his hand between the thighs of Abraham, his master, and made a vow to do what Abraham had asked.
10. The servant, who was in charge of Abraham's property, took ten of his master's camels and went to the city where Nahor had lived in northern Mesopotamia.
11. When he arrived, he made the camels kneel down at the well outside the city. It was late afternoon, the time when women came out to get water.
12. He prayed, “Lord, God of my master Abraham, give me success today and keep your promise to my master.
13. Here I am at the well where the young women of the city will be coming to get water.
14. I will say to one of them, ‘Please, lower your jar and let me have a drink.’ If she says, ‘Drink, and I will also bring water for your camels,’ may she be the one that you have chosen for your servant Isaac. If this happens, I will know that you have kept your promise to my master.”
15. Before he had finished praying, Rebecca arrived with a water jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham's brother Nahor and his wife Milcah.