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.
47. Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ And she said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son whom Milcah bore him.’ I put a ring in her nose and bracelets on her arms.
48. I bowed and worshipped the Lord and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who led me in the right direction to choose the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
49. Now if you’re loyal and faithful to my master, tell me. If not, tell me so I will know where I stand either way."
50. Laban and Bethuel both responded, "This is all the Lord’s doing. We have nothing to say about it.
51. Here is Rebekah, right in front of you. Take her and go. She will be the wife of your master’s son, just as the Lord said."
52. When Abraham’s servant heard what they said, he bowed low before the Lord.
53. The servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and clothing and gave them to Rebekah. To her brother and to her mother he gave the finest gifts.
54. He and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night.When they got up in the morning, the servant said, "See me off to my master."
55. Her brother and mother said, "Let the young woman stay with us not more than ten days, and after that she may go."
56. But he said to them, "Don’t delay me. The Lord has made my trip successful. See me off so that I can go to my master."