Webster Bible Translation

Genesis 24:16-32 Webster Bible Translation (WBT)

16. And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

17. And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water from thy pitcher.

18. And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

19. And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, till they have done drinking.

20. And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

21. And the man, wondering at her, held his peace, to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous, or not.

22. And it came to pass as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ear-ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

23. And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?

24. And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.

25. She said moreover to him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

26. And the man bowed his head, and worshipped the LORD.

27. And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left my master destitute of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

28. And the damsel ran, and told these things to her mother's house.

29. And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out to the man, to the well.

30. And it came to pass when he saw the ear-ring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man to me; that he came to the man; and behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

31. And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; why standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

32. And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.