Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Genesis 24:58-67 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

58. They called her and asked, “Are you willing to leave with this man at once?”“Yes,” she answered.

59. So they agreed to let Rebekah and an old family servant woman leave immediately with Abraham's servant and his men.

60. They gave Rebekah their blessing and said, “We pray that God will give you many children and grandchildren and that he will help them defeat their enemies.”

61. Afterwards, Rebekah and the young women who were to travel with her prepared to leave. Then they got on camels and left with Abraham's servant and his men.

62. At that time Isaac was living in the southern part of Canaan near a place called “The Well of the Living One who Sees Me”.

63-65. One evening he was walking out in the fields, when suddenly he saw a group of people approaching on camels. So he started towards them. Rebekah saw him coming; she got down from her camel, and asked, “Who is that man?”“He is my master Isaac,” the servant answered. Then Rebekah covered her face with her veil.

66. The servant told Isaac everything that had happened.

67. Isaac took Rebekah into the tent where his mother had lived before she died, and Rebekah became his wife. He loved her and was comforted over the loss of his mother.