31. Laban said, “Sir, you are welcome to come in! You don’t have to stand outside here. I have prepared a room for you to sleep in and a place for your camels.”
32. So Abraham’s servant went into the house. Laban unloaded his camels and gave them straw and feed. Then he gave Abraham’s servant water so that he and the men with him could wash their feet.
33. Laban then gave him food to eat, but the servant refused to eat. He said, “I will not eat until I have told you why I came.” So Laban said, “Then tell us.”
34. The servant said, “I am Abraham’s servant.
35. The Lord has greatly blessed my master in everything. My master has become a great man. The Lord has given him many flocks of sheep and herds of cattle. He has much silver and gold and many servants. He has many camels and donkeys.
36. Sarah was my master’s wife. When she was very old, she gave birth to a son, and my master has given everything he owns to that son.
37. My master forced me to make a promise to him. He said to me, ‘You must not allow my son to marry a girl from Canaan. We live among these people, but I don’t want him to marry one of the Canaanite girls.
38. So you must promise to go to my father’s country. Go to my family and choose a wife for my son.’
39. I said to my master, ‘Maybe the woman will not come back to this place with me.’
40. But my master said to me, ‘I serve the Lord, and he will send his angel with you and help you. You will find a wife for my son among my people there.
41. But if you go to my father’s country, and they refuse to give you a wife for my son, you will be free from this promise.’
42. “Today I came to this well and said, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, please make my trip successful.
43. I will stand by this well and wait for a young woman to come to get water. Then I will say, “Please give me water from your jar to drink.”
44. The right woman will answer in a special way. She will say, “Drink this water, and I will also get water for your camels.” That way I will know that she is the one the Lord has chosen for my master’s son.’
45. “Before I finished praying, Rebekah came out to the well to get water. She had her water jar on her shoulder as she went to get water from the well. I asked her to give me some water.