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Genesis 24:43-57 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

43. behold, I am standing by the spring, and may it be that the maiden who comes out to draw, and to whom I say, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar";

44. and she will say to me, "You drink, and I will draw for your camels also"; let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master's son.'

45. "Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew, and I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'

46. She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will water your camels also'; so I drank, and she watered the camels also.

47. Then I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' And she said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him'; and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her wrists.

48. And I bowed low and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.

49. So now if you are going to deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, let me know, that I may turn to the right hand or the left."

50. Then Laban and Bethuel replied, "The matter comes from the Lord; so we cannot speak to you bad or good.

51. Here is Rebekah before you, take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has spoken."

52. When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground before the Lord.

53. The servant brought out articles of silver and articles of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.

54. Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they arose in the morning, he said, "Send me away to my master."

55. But her brother and her mother said, "Let the girl stay with us a few days, say ten; afterward she may go."

56. He said to them, "Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."

57. And they said, "We will call the girl and consult her wishes."

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