10. The servant took ten of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
11. He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
12. He said, “The Lord, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
13. Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
14. Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ and she will say, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,’—let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”
15. Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.
16. The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin. No man had known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.
17. The servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher.”
18. She said, “Drink, my lord.” She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him a drink.
19. When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will also draw for your camels, until they have finished drinking.”
20. She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
21. The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.
22. As the camels had done drinking, the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,