1. Now Abraham was old, advanced in age, and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in everything.
2. And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh
3. that I may make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose midst I am dwelling,
4. but that you will go to my land and to my family, and take a wife for my son, for Isaac.”
5. And the servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land—must I then return your son to the land from whence you came?”
6. Abraham said to him, “You must take care that you do not return my son there.
7. Yahweh, the God of heaven who took me from the house of my father and from the land of my family, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, ‘to your offspring I will give this land,’ he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
8. And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you shall be released from this oath of mine—only you must not return my son there.”
9. Then the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and he swore to him concerning this matter.
10. And the servant took ten camels from his master’s camels, and he went with all kinds of his master’s good things in his hand. And he arose and went to Aram-Naharaim, to the city of Nahor.
11. And he made the camels kneel outside the city at the well of water, at the time of evening, toward the time the women went out to draw water.
12. And he said, “O Yahweh, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show loyal love to my master Abraham.
13. Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are going out to draw water.
14. And let it be that the girl to whom I shall say, ‘Please, offer your jar that I may drink’ and who says, ‘Drink—and I will also water your camels,’ she is the one you have chosen for your servant, for Isaac. By her I will know that you have shown loyal love to my master.”
15. And it happened that before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah—who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, the brother of Abraham—came out, and her jar was on her shoulder.
16. Now the girl was very pleasing in appearance. She was a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up.
17. And the servant ran to meet her. And he said, “Please, let me drink a little of the water from your jar.”
18. And she said, “Drink, my lord.” And she quickly lowered her jar in her hand and gave him a drink.
19. When she finished giving him a drink she said, “I will also draw water for your camels until they finish drinking.”