Catholic Public Domain Version

Genesis 24:56-67 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

56. "Do not be willing," he said, "to delay me, for the Lord has directed my way. Release me, so that I may journey to my lord."

57. And they said, "Let us call the girl, and ask her will."

58. And when, having been called, she arrived, they wanted to know, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go."

59. Therefore, they released her and her nurse, and the servant of Abraham and his companions,

60. wishing prosperity for their sister, by saying: "You are our sister. May you increase to thousands of thousands. And may your offspring possess the gates of their enemies."

61. And so, Rebekah and her maids, riding upon camels, followed the man, who quickly returned to his lord.

62. Then, at the same time, Isaac was walking along the way that leads to the well, whose name is: 'of the One who lives and who sees.' For he dwelt in the southern land.

63. And he had gone out to meditate in the field, as daylight was now declining. And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw camels advancing from afar.

64. Likewise, Rebekah, having seen Isaac, descended from the camel.

65. And she said to the servant, "Who is that man who advances to meet us through the field?" And he said to her, "That is my lord." And so, quickly taking up her cloak, she covered herself.

66. Then the servant explained to Isaac all that he had done.

67. And he led her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and he accepted her as wife. And he loved her so very much, that it tempered the sorrow which befell him at his mother's death.