Suddenly, before he had finished praying, there was Rebekah approaching the well with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel and the granddaughter of Milcah and Abraham’s brother Nahor. The young woman was strikingly beautiful, unmarried, and still a virgin. She walked down to the well, filled her jar, and came back up. Abraham’s servant hurried over to meet her and said, “Please, lower your jar and give me a little drink.” She responded, “Drink, my lord.” She then quickly lowered her jar to give him a drink. Then, after she had finished giving him a drink, she added, “I will also draw water for your camels until they have finished drinking.” She quickly emptied her jar into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water, until she had watered all the camels.
Meanwhile, the servant stared at her, silently pondering whether YAHWEH had indeed made his journey successful. After the camels had finished drinking, he took a costly gold nose ring weighing a half shekel and two solid gold bracelets weighing ten shekels, and gave them to Rebekah. Then he asked her, “Tell me, who is your father? Is there room in your father’s house for me and my men to stay tonight?”
She replied, “My father’s name is Bethuel, and my grandparents are Milcah and Nahor.” She went on, “There is room for you to spend the night at our home, and plenty of straw and food for the camels.” Upon hearing this, the servant bowed down and worshiped YAHWEH, saying, “Praised be YAHWEH, the God of Abraham, for you have faithfully kept your promise to my master and displayed your wonderful kindness and love. YAHWEH, you led me straight to the very place of my master’s relatives!”
Then the girl quickly ran to inform her mother and family about all that had happened.
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