Holman Christian Standard Bible

Genesis 24:17-26 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

21. while the man silently watched her to see whether or not the Lord had made his journey a success.

22. After the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing half a shekel, and for her wrists two bracelets weighing 10 shekels of gold.

23. “Whose daughter are you? ” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night? ”

24. She answered him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”

25. She also said to him, “We have plenty of straw and feed and a place to spend the night.”

26. Then the man bowed down, worshiped the Lord,