The Servant's Journey and Prayer

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Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.

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As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.

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“O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

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Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

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Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—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.”

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Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

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Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.

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So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”

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“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

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After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”

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And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.

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Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.

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And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.

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“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

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She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”

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Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”

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Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,

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saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

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The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

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