Bible Verses About Servants

He said, “Cursed be Kena‘an; he will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”

Then he said, “Blessed be Adonai, the God of Shem; Kena‘an will be their servant.

Moreover, quarreling arose between Avram's and Lot's herdsmen. The Kena'ani and the P'rizi were then living in the land.

When Avram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he led out his trained men, who had been born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.

However, Avram answered Sarai, "Look, she's your slave-girl. Deal with her as you think fit."Then Sarai treated her so harshly that she ran away from her.

The angel of ADONAI said to her, "Go back to your mistress, and submit to her authority."

The slave born in your house and the person bought with your money must be circumcised; thus my covenant will be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.

and all the men in his household, both slaves born in his house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

and said, "My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, please don't leave your servant.

Now Avraham had complained to Avimelekh about a well which Avimelekh's servants had seized.

By now Avraham was old, advanced in years; and ADONAI had blessed Avraham in everything.

Avraham said to the servant who had served him the longest, who was in charge of all he owned, "Put your hand under my thigh;

because I want you to swear by ADONAI, God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from among the women of the Kena'ani, among whom I am living;

but that you will go to my homeland, to my kinsmen, to choose a wife for my son Yitz'chak."

The servant replied, "Suppose the woman isn't willing to follow me to this land. Must I then bring your son back to the land from which you came?"

Avraham said to him, "See to it that you don't bring my son back there.

ADONAI, the God of heaven - who took me away from my father's house and away from the land I was born in, who spoke to me and swore to me, 'I will give this land to your descendants'- he will send his angel ahead of you; and you are to bring a wife for my son from there.

But if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from your obligation under my oath. Just don't bring my son back there."

The servant put his hand under the thigh of Avraham his master and swore to him concerning the matter.

Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and all kinds of gifts from his master, got up and went to Aram-Naharayim, to Nachor's city.

Toward evening, when the women go out to draw water, he had the camels kneel down outside the city by the well.

He said, "ADONAI, God of my master Avraham, please let me succeed today; and show your grace to my master Avraham.

Here I am, standing by the spring, as the daughters of the townsfolk come out to draw water.

I will say to one of the girls, 'Please lower your jug, so that I can drink.' If she answers, 'Yes, drink; and I will water your camels as well,' then let her be the one you intend for your servant Yitz'chak. This is how I will know that you have shown grace to my master."

Before he had finished speaking, Rivkah the daughter of B'tu'el son of Milkah the wife of Nachor Avraham's brother, came out with her jug on her shoulder.