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Genesis 24 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

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A Bride for Isaac

24 Now (A)Abraham was old, advanced in age; and the Lord had (B)blessed Abraham in every way. 2 Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had (C)charge of all that he owned, “(D)Please place your hand under my thigh, 3 and I will make you swear by the Lord, (E)the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you (F)shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of (G)the Canaanites, among whom I live, 4 but you will go to (H)my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.” 5 The servant said to him, “Suppose the woman is not willing to follow me to this land; should I take your son back to the land from where you came?” 6 Then Abraham said to him, “(I)Beware that you do not take my son back there! 7 (J)The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying, ‘(K)To your [a]descendants I will give this land,’ He will send (L)His angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there. 8 But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will (M)be free from this my oath; (N)only do not take my son back there.” 9 So the servant (O)placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

10 Then the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and set out with a variety of (P)good things of his master’s in his hand; and he arose and went to [b]Mesopotamia, to (Q)the city of Nahor. 11 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by (R)the well of water at evening time, (S)the time when women go out to draw water. 12 He said, “(T)O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, please [c](U)grant me success today, and show lovingkindness to my master Abraham. 13 Behold, (V)I am standing by the [d]spring, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water; 14 now may it be that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar so that I may drink,’ and [e]who answers, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels also’—may she be the one whom You have appointed for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness to my master.”

Rebekah Is Chosen

15 (W)Before he had finished speaking, behold, (X)Rebekah who was born to Bethuel the son of (Y)Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor, came out with her jar on her shoulder. 16 The girl was (Z)very beautiful, a virgin, and no man had [f]had relations with her; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up. 17 Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “(AA)Please let me drink a little water from your jar.” 18 (AB)She said, “Drink, my lord”; and she quickly lowered her jar to her hand, and gave him a drink. 19 Now when she had finished giving him a drink, (AC)she said, “I will draw also for your camels until they have finished drinking.” 20 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran back to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels. 21 (AD)Meanwhile, the man was gazing at her [g]in silence, to know whether the Lord had made his journey successful or not.

22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a (AE)gold ring weighing a half-shekel and two bracelets for her [h]wrists weighing ten shekels in gold, 23 and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room for us to lodge in your father’s house?” 24 She said to him, “(AF)I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.” 25 Again she said to him, “We have plenty of both straw and feed, and room to lodge in.” 26 Then the man (AG)bowed low and worshiped the Lord. 27 He said, “(AH)Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken (AI)His lovingkindness and His truth toward my master; as for me, (AJ)the Lord has guided me in the way to the house of my master’s brothers.”

28 Then (AK)the girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things. 29 Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was (AL)Laban; and Laban ran outside to the man at the spring. 30 When he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s [i]wrists, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “[j]This is what the man said to me,” he went to the man; and behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring. 31 And he said, “(AM)Come in, (AN)blessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside since (AO)I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels?” 32 So the man entered the house. Then [k](AP)Laban unloaded the camels, and he gave straw and feed to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. 33 But when food was set before him to eat, he said, “I will not eat until I have told my business.” And he said, “Speak on.” 34 So he said, “I am (AQ)Abraham’s servant. 35 The Lord has greatly (AR)blessed my master, so that he has become [l]rich; and He has given him (AS)flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys. 36 Now (AT)Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master [m]in her old age, and (AU)he has given him all that he has. 37 (AV)My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I [n]live; 38 but you shall go to my father’s house and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’ 39 (AW)I said to my master, ‘Suppose the woman does not follow me.’ 40 He said to me, ‘(AX)The Lord, before whom I have (AY)walked, will send (AZ)His angel with you to make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father’s house; 41 (BA)then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.’

42 “So (BB)I came today to the spring, and said, ‘O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I go (BC)successful; 43 behold, (BD)I am standing by the [o]spring, and may it be that the maiden who comes out to draw, and to whom I say, “(BE)Please let me drink a little water from your jar”; 44 and she will say to me, “You drink, and I will draw for your camels also”; let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.’

45 “Before I had finished (BF)speaking in my heart, behold, (BG)Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew, and (BH)I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’ 46 She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, ‘(BI)Drink, and I will water your camels also’; so I drank, and she watered the camels also. 47 (BJ)Then I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ And she said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him’; and I put the (BK)ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her [p]wrists. 48 And I (BL)bowed low and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, (BM)who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s [q]kinsman for his son. 49 So now if you are going to [r](BN)deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, let me know, that I may turn to the right hand or the left.”

50 Then Laban and Bethuel replied, “(BO)The matter comes from the Lord; (BP)so we cannot speak to you bad or good. 51 Here is Rebekah before you, take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has spoken.”

52 When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he (BQ)bowed himself to the ground [s]before the Lord. 53 The servant brought out (BR)articles of silver and articles of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother. 54 Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they arose in the morning, he said, “(BS)Send me away to my master.” 55 But her brother and her mother said, “(BT)Let the girl stay with us a few days, say ten; afterward she may go.” 56 He said to them, “Do not delay me, since (BU)the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.” 57 And they said, “We will call the girl and [t]consult her wishes.” 58 Then they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.” 59 Thus they sent away their sister Rebekah and (BV)her nurse with Abraham’s servant and his men. 60 They blessed Rebekah and said to her,

“May you, our sister,
(BW)Become thousands of ten thousands,
And may (BX)your [u]descendants possess
The gate of those who hate them.”

61 Then Rebekah arose with her maids, and they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.

Isaac Marries Rebekah

62 Now Isaac had come from going to (BY)Beer-lahai-roi; for he [v]was living in (BZ)the [w]Negev. 63 Isaac went out (CA)to [x]meditate in the field toward evening; and (CB)he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, camels were coming. 64 Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she dismounted from the camel. 65 She said to the servant, “Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?” And the servant said, “He is my master.” Then she took her [y]veil and covered herself. 66 The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67 Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and (CC)he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and (CD)he loved her; thus Isaac was comforted after (CE)his mother’s death.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:7 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 24:10 Heb Aram-naharaim, Aram of the two rivers
  3. Genesis 24:12 Lit cause to occur for me
  4. Genesis 24:13 Lit fountain of water
  5. Genesis 24:14 Lit she will say
  6. Genesis 24:16 Lit known
  7. Genesis 24:21 Lit keeping silent
  8. Genesis 24:22 Lit hands
  9. Genesis 24:30 Lit hands
  10. Genesis 24:30 Lit Thus the man
  11. Genesis 24:32 Lit he
  12. Genesis 24:35 Lit great
  13. Genesis 24:36 Lit after she was old
  14. Genesis 24:37 Lit dwell
  15. Genesis 24:43 Lit fountain of water
  16. Genesis 24:47 Lit hands
  17. Genesis 24:48 Lit brother
  18. Genesis 24:49 Lit show lovingkindness and truth
  19. Genesis 24:52 Lit to
  20. Genesis 24:57 Lit ask her mouth
  21. Genesis 24:60 Lit seed
  22. Genesis 24:62 Lit was dwelling
  23. Genesis 24:62 I.e. South country
  24. Genesis 24:63 Or stroll; meaning uncertain
  25. Genesis 24:65 Or shawl

Cross references

  1. Genesis 24:1 : Gen 18:11
  2. Genesis 24:1 : Gen 12:2; 13:2; 24:35; Gal 3:9
  3. Genesis 24:2 : Gen 39:4-6
  4. Genesis 24:2 : Gen 24:9; 47:29
  5. Genesis 24:3 : Gen 14:19, 22
  6. Genesis 24:3 : Deut 7:3; 2 Cor 6:14-17
  7. Genesis 24:3 : Gen 10:15-19; 26:34, 35; 28:1, 8
  8. Genesis 24:4 : Gen 12:1; Heb 11:15
  9. Genesis 24:6 : Gen 24:8
  10. Genesis 24:7 : Gen 24:3
  11. Genesis 24:7 : Gen 12:7; 13:15; 15:18; Ex 32:13
  12. Genesis 24:7 : Gen 16:7; 21:17; 22:11; Ex 23:20, 23
  13. Genesis 24:8 : Josh 2:17-20
  14. Genesis 24:8 : Gen 24:6
  15. Genesis 24:9 : Gen 24:2
  16. Genesis 24:10 : Gen 24:22, 53
  17. Genesis 24:10 : Gen 11:31, 32
  18. Genesis 24:11 : Gen 24:42
  19. Genesis 24:11 : Ex 2:16; 1 Sam 9:11
  20. Genesis 24:12 : Gen 24:27, 42, 48; 26:24; Ex 3:6, 15
  21. Genesis 24:12 : Gen 27:20
  22. Genesis 24:13 : Gen 24:43
  23. Genesis 24:15 : Gen 24:45
  24. Genesis 24:15 : Gen 22:20, 23
  25. Genesis 24:15 : Gen 11:29
  26. Genesis 24:16 : Gen 12:11; 26:7; 29:17
  27. Genesis 24:17 : John 4:7
  28. Genesis 24:18 : Gen 24:14, 46
  29. Genesis 24:19 : Gen 24:14
  30. Genesis 24:21 : Gen 24:12-14, 27, 52
  31. Genesis 24:22 : Gen 24:47; Ex 32:2, 3
  32. Genesis 24:24 : Gen 24:15
  33. Genesis 24:26 : Gen 24:48, 52; Ex 4:31
  34. Genesis 24:27 : Gen 24:12, 42, 48; Ex 18:10; Ruth 4:14; 1 Sam 25:32; 2 Sam 18:28; Luke 1:68
  35. Genesis 24:27 : Gen 32:10; Ps 98:3
  36. Genesis 24:27 : Gen 24:21, 48
  37. Genesis 24:28 : Gen 29:12
  38. Genesis 24:29 : Gen 29:5, 13
  39. Genesis 24:31 : Gen 29:13
  40. Genesis 24:31 : Gen 26:29; Ruth 3:10; Ps 115:15
  41. Genesis 24:31 : Gen 18:3-5; 19:2, 3
  42. Genesis 24:32 : Gen 43:24; Judg 19:21
  43. Genesis 24:34 : Gen 24:2
  44. Genesis 24:35 : Gen 24:1
  45. Genesis 24:35 : Gen 13:2
  46. Genesis 24:36 : Gen 21:1-7
  47. Genesis 24:36 : Gen 25:5
  48. Genesis 24:37 : Gen 24:2-4
  49. Genesis 24:39 : Gen 24:5
  50. Genesis 24:40 : Gen 24:7
  51. Genesis 24:40 : Gen 5:22, 24; 17:1
  52. Genesis 24:40 : Ex 23:20
  53. Genesis 24:41 : Gen 24:8
  54. Genesis 24:42 : Gen 24:11, 12
  55. Genesis 24:42 : Neh 1:11
  56. Genesis 24:43 : Gen 24:13
  57. Genesis 24:43 : Gen 24:14
  58. Genesis 24:45 : 1 Sam 1:13
  59. Genesis 24:45 : Gen 24:15
  60. Genesis 24:45 : Gen 24:17
  61. Genesis 24:46 : Gen 24:18, 19
  62. Genesis 24:47 : Gen 24:23, 24
  63. Genesis 24:47 : Ezek 16:11, 12
  64. Genesis 24:48 : Gen 24:26, 52
  65. Genesis 24:48 : Gen 24:27; Ps 32:8; 48:14; Is 48:17
  66. Genesis 24:49 : Gen 47:29; Josh 2:14
  67. Genesis 24:50 : Ps 118:23; Mark 12:11
  68. Genesis 24:50 : Gen 31:24, 29
  69. Genesis 24:52 : Gen 24:26, 48
  70. Genesis 24:53 : Gen 24:10, 22; Ex 3:22; 11:2; 12:35
  71. Genesis 24:54 : Gen 24:56, 59; 30:25
  72. Genesis 24:55 : Judg 19:4
  73. Genesis 24:56 : Gen 24:40
  74. Genesis 24:59 : Gen 35:8
  75. Genesis 24:60 : Gen 17:16
  76. Genesis 24:60 : Gen 22:17
  77. Genesis 24:62 : Gen 16:14; 25:11
  78. Genesis 24:62 : Gen 20:1
  79. Genesis 24:63 : Josh 1:8; Ps 1:2; 77:12; 119:15, 27, 48; 143:5; 145:5
  80. Genesis 24:63 : Gen 18:2
  81. Genesis 24:67 : Gen 25:20
  82. Genesis 24:67 : Gen 29:18
  83. Genesis 24:67 : Gen 23:1, 2

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