6. Abraham said to him, “No, don’t take my son to that place.
7. The Lord, the God of heaven, brought me from my homeland to this place. That place was the home of my father and the home of my family, but he promised that this new land would belong to my family. May he send his angel before you so that you can choose a wife for my son.
8. If the girl refuses to come with you, you will be free from this promise. But you must not take my son back to that place.”
9. So the servant put his hand under his master’s leg and made the promise.
10. The servant took ten of Abraham’s camels and left that place. The servant carried with him many different kinds of beautiful gifts. He went to Mesopotamia, to Nahor’s city.
11. In the evening, when the women come out to get water, he went to the water well outside the city. He made the camels kneel down at the well.
12. The servant said, “Lord, you are the God of my master Abraham. Please show your kindness to my master by helping me find a wife for his son Isaac.
13. Here I am, standing by this well of water, and the young women from the city are coming out to get water.
14. I will say to one of them, ‘Please put your jar down so that I can drink.’ Let her answer show whether she is the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. If she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give water to your camels,’ I will know that she is the right one. It will be proof that you have shown kindness to my master.”
15. Before the servant finished praying, a young woman named Rebekah came to the well. She was the daughter of Bethuel. (Bethuel was the son of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham’s brother.) Rebekah came to the well with her water jar on her shoulder.
16. She was very pretty. She was a virgin; no man had ever had sexual relations with her. She went down to the well and filled her jar.