5. The servant asked him, “What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
6. “Be careful never to take my son back there!” Abraham told him.
7. “The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath, ‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.
8. But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!”
9. So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and gave his solemn promise he would carry out his wishes.
10. Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all kinds of gifts from his master at his disposal. He journeyed to the region of Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor.
11. He made the camels kneel down by the well outside the city. It was evening, the time when the women would go out to draw water.
12. He prayed, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham.
13. Here I am, standing by the spring, and the daughters of the people who live in the town are coming out to draw water.
14. I will say to a young woman, ‘Please lower your jar so I may drink.’ May the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac reply, ‘Drink, and I’ll give your camels water too.’ In this way I will know that you have been faithful to my master.”
15. Before he had finished praying, there came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah (Milcah was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor).
16. Now the young woman was very beautiful. She was a virgin; no man had ever had sexual relations with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up.
17. Abraham’s servant ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a sip of water from your jug.”
18. “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and quickly lowering her jug to her hands, she gave him a drink.