27. "Bless the Lord, God of my master Abraham, who hasn’t given up his loyalty and his faithfulness to my master. The Lord has shown me the way to the household of my master’s brother."
28. The young woman ran and told her mother’s household everything that had happened.
29. Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and Laban ran to the man outside by the spring.
30. When he had seen the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and when he had heard his sister Rebekah say, "This is what the man said to me," he went to the man, who was still standing by the spring with his camels.
31. Laban said, "Come in, favored one of the Lord! Why are you standing outside? I’ve prepared the house and a place for the camels."
32. So the man entered the house. Then Laban unbridled the camels, provided straw and feed for them and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men with him,
33. and set out a meal for him.But the man said, "I won’t eat until I’ve said something."Laban replied, "Say it."
34. The man said, "I am Abraham’s servant."
35. The Lord has richly blessed my master, has made him a great man, and has given him flocks, cattle, silver, gold, men servants, women servants, camels, and donkeys.
36. My master’s wife Sarah gave birth to a son for my master in her old age, and he’s given him everything he owns.
37. My master made me give him my word: ‘Don’t choose a wife for my son from the Canaanite women, in whose land I’m living.
38. No, instead, go to my father’s household and to my relatives and choose a wife for my son.’
39. I said to my master, ‘What if the woman won’t come back with me?’
40. He said to me, ‘The Lord, whom I’ve traveled with everywhere, will send his messenger with you and make your trip successful; and you will choose a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father’s household.
41. If you go to my relatives, you will be free from your obligation to me. Even if they provide no one for you, you will be free from your obligation to me.’
42. "Today I arrived at the spring, and I said, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you wish to make the trip I’m taking successful,
43. when I’m standing by the spring and the young woman who comes out to draw water and to whom I say, "Please give me a little drink of water from your jar,"
44. and she responds to me, "Drink, and I will draw water for your camels too," may she be the woman the Lord has selected for my master’s son.’
45. Before I finished saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her water jar on her shoulder and went down to the spring to draw water. And I said to her, ‘Please give me something to drink.’
46. She immediately lowered her water jar and said, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels something to drink too.’ So I drank and she also gave water to the camels.