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.