Holman Christian Standard Bible

Genesis 24:11-20 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

11. He made the camels kneel beside a well of water outside the town at evening. This was the time when the women went out to draw water.

12. “Lord, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

13. I am standing here at the spring where the daughters of the men of the town are coming out to draw water.

14. Let the girl to whom I say, ‘Please lower your water jug so that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels also’ — 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.”

15. Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah — daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor — coming with a jug on her shoulder.

16. Now the girl was very beautiful, a young woman who had not known a man intimately. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up.

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

18. She replied, “Drink, my lord.” She quickly lowered her jug to her hand and gave him a drink.

19. When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I’ll also draw water for your camels until they have had enough to drink.”

20. She quickly emptied her jug into the trough and hurried to the well again to draw water. She drew water for all his camels