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Καὶ Ἀβραὰμ ἦν πρεσβύτερος προβεβηκὼς ἡμερῶν, καὶ κύριος
εὐλόγησεν τὸν Ἀβραὰμ κατὰ πάντα.

καὶ εἶπεν Ἀβραὰμ τῷ παιδὶ αὐτοῦ, τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ, τῷ ἄρχοντι πάντων τῶν αὐτοῦ
Θὲς τὴν χεῖρά σου ὑπὸ τὸν μηρόν μου,

καὶ ἐξορκίσω σε κύριον τὸν θεὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς, ἵνα μὴ λάβῃς γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου Ἰσαὰκ ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τῶν Χαναναίων, μεθ’ ὦν ἐγὼ οἰκῶ μετ’ αὐτῶν·

ἀλλὰ εἰς τὴν γῆν μου οὗ ἐγενόμην πορεύσῃ ¶ καὶ εἰς τὴν φυλήν μου,
καὶ λήμψῃ γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου Ἰσαὰκ ἐκεῖθεν.

εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ παῖς Μή ποτε οὐ βούλεται ἡ γυνὴ πορευθῆναι μετ’ ἐμοῦ ὀπίσω εἰς
ἐκεῖθεν;

εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν Ἀβραὰμ Πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς
τὸν υἱόν μου ἐκεῖ·

Κύριος ὁ θεὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ὁ θεὸς τῆς γῆς, ὃς ἔλαβέν με ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός μου καὶ ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἧς ν, ὃς ἐλάλησέν μοι καὶ ὤμοσέν· μοι λέγων Σοὶ δώσω τὴν γῆν ¶ D καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου· αὐτὸς ἀποστελεῖ τὸν ἄγγελον αὐτοῦ σου, καὶ λήμψῃ γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου Ἰσαὰκ ἐκεῖθεν.

ἐὰν μὴ θέλῃ ἡ γυνὴ πορευθῆναι μετὰ σοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην, καθαρὸς ¹² ἔσῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἕρκου τούτου· μόνον τὸν υἱόν μου μὴ ³ ἐκεῖ.

Καὶ ἔθηκεν ὁ πάις τὴν Χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ τὸν μηρὸν Ἀβραὰμ
⁴ τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ περὶ τοῦ § ῥήματος τούτου.

καὶ
ἔλαβεν ὁ παῖς δέκα καμήλους ἀπὸ τῶν καμήλων τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἀγαθῶν τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ μεθ’ ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ ἀναστὰς εἰς τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν Ναχώρ.

καὶ ἐκοίτὰς καμήλους ἔξω τῆς πόλεως παρὰ τὸ φρέαρ τοῦ ὕδατος τὸ ψέ, ἡνίκα ἐκπορεύονται αἱ ὑδρευόμεναι.

καὶ εἶπεν κύριε ὁ
θεὸς τοῦ κυρίου Ἀβραάμ, εὐόδωσον ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ σήμερον καὶ ποίησον ἔλεος μετὰ τοῦ κυρίου μου Ἀβραάμ.

ἰδσὺ ἐγὼ ἕστηκα ἐπὶ τῆς πηγῆς
τοῦ ὕδατος, αἱ δὲ θυγατέρες τῶν οἰκούντων τὴν πόλιν ἐκπορεύονται ἀντλῆσαι ὕδωρ·

καὶ ἔσται ἡ παρθένος ἧ ἄν ἐγὼ εἴπω Ἐπίκλινον τὴν
⁵ ὑδρίαν σου ἵνα πίω, καὶ εἴπῃ μοι Πίε σύ, καὶ τὰς καμήουστ ¶ σου ποτιῶ ἕως ἄν παύσωνται πίνουσαι, ταύτην ἡτοίμασας τῷ παιδί σου Ἰσαάκ· καὶ ἐν τούτῳ γνώσομαι ὅτι ἐποίησας ἔλεος τῷ κυρίῳ μου Ἀβραίμ. ⁶ §

καὶ ἐγένετο πρὸ τοῦ συντελέσαι αὐτὸν λαλοῦντα ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ, καὶ
ἰδοὺ Ῥεβέκκα ἐξεπορεύετο, ἡ τεχθεῖσα Βαθουήλ, υἱῷ Μέλχας τῆς γυναικὸς Ναχώρ, ἀδελφοῦ δὲ Ἀβγραάμ, ἔχουσα τὴν ὑδρίαν ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων αὐτῆς.

ἠ δὲ παρθένος ἦν καλὴ τῇ ὄψει σφόδρα. παρθένος ἦν,
ἀνὴρ οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτήν. καταβᾶσα δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν πηγὴν ἔπλησεν τὴν ὑδρίαν αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀνέβη.

ἐπέδραμεν δὲ ὁ παῖς εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτῆς
⁷ §καὶ εἶπεν Πότισόν με μικρὸν ὕδωρ ἐκ τῆς ὑδρίας σου.

ἡ δὲ εἶπεν
Πίε, κύριε· καὶ ἔσπευσεν καὶ καθεῖλεν τὴν ὑδρίαν ἐπὶ τὸν βραχίονα αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπότισεν αὐτὸν 19 ἕως ἐπαύσατο πίνων.

καὶ εἶπεν καὶ ταῖς
καμήλοις σου ὑδρεύσομαι ἕως ἄν ¶ πᾶσαι πίωσιν.

καὶ ἕσπευσεν καὶ
ἐξεκένωσεν τὴν ὑδρίαν ἐπὶ τὸ ποτιστήριον, καὶ ἔδραμεν ἐπὶ τὸ φρέαρ ἀντλῆσαι ὕδωρ, καὶ ὑδρεύσατο πάσαις ταῖς καμήλοις.

ὁ δὲ ἄνθρωπος
κατεμάνθανεν αὐτήν, καὶ παρεσιώπα τοῦ γνῶναι ἢ εὐόδωκεν Κύριος τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ ἢ οὔ.

ἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἐπαύσαντο πᾶσαι αἱ κάμηλοι ¶
πίνουσαι, ἔλαβεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐνώτια χρυσᾶ ἀνὰ δραχμὴν ὁλκῆς καὶ δύο ψέλια ἐπὶ τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῆς· δέκα χρυσῶν ὁλκὴ αὐτῶν.

καὶ
⁸ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτὴν καὶ εἶπεν Θυγάτηρ τίνος εἶ; ἀνάγγειλόν μοι· εἰ ⁹
ἔστιν παρὰ τῷ πατρί σου τόπος ἡμῖν καταλῦσαι;

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ
Θυγάτηρ Βαθουήλ εἰμι ἐγὼ τοῦ Μέλχας, ὃν ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ Ναχώρ.

καὶ εἶπεν § αὐτῷ καὶ ἄχυρα καὶ χόρτασμα πολὺ παρ’ ἡμῖν, καὶ τόπος τοῦ ¹⁰
καταλῦσαι.

καὶ εὐδοκήσας ὁ ἄνθρωπος προσεκύνησεν κυρίῳ
26 καὶ εἶπεν

Εὐλογητὸς κύριος ὁ θεὸς τοῦ κυρίου μου Ἀβραάμ, ὅς οὐκ ἐγκατέλειπεν γ’ δικαιοσύνην καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου ¹¹
μου· ἐμὲ εὐόδωκεν Κύριος εἰς οἶκον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τοῦ κυρίου μου.

καὶ δραμοῦσα ἡ παῖς ἀπήγγειλεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τῆς μητρὸς αὐτῆς κατὰ τὰ
ῥήματα ταῦτα.

τῇ δὲ Ῥεβἐλλᾳ ἀδελφὸς ἦν ᾦ ὄνομα Λαβάν· καὶ
ἔδραμεν Λαβὰν πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἵξω ἐπὶ τὴν πηγήν.

καὶ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ἴδεν τὰ ἐνώτια καὶ τὰ ψέλια ἐπὶ τὰς χεῖρας τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὅτι ἤκουσεν τὰ ῥήματα Ῥεβέκκας τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτοῦ οὕτως § λελάληκέν μοι ὁ ἄνθρωπος, καὶ ἦλθεν πρὸς τὸν § ἄ
ἑστηκότος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν καμήλων ἐπὶ τῆς πηγῆς·

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Δεῦρο εἴσελθε, εὐλογητὸς κύριος· ἵνα τί ἕστηκας ἔξω; ἐγὼ δὲ ἡτοίμασα
τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ τόπον ταῖς καμήλοις.

εἰσῆλθεν δὲ ὁ ἄνθρωπος εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν, καὶ ἀπέσαξεν τὰς καμήλους· καὶ ἔδωκεν ἄχυρα καὶ χορτάσματα ταῖς καμήλοις, καὶ ὕδωρ τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ποσὶν τῶν
ἀνδρῶν τῶν μετ’ αὐτοῦ,

καὶ παρέθηκεν αὐτοῖς ἄρτους φαγεῖν. καὶ Οὐ μὴ φάγω ἕως τοῦ λαλῆσαί ¶ με τὰ ῥήματά μου. καὶ εἶπαν ¹²
Λάλησον.

καὶ εἶπεν Παίς Ἀβαάμ ἐγώ εἰμι.

Κύριος δὲ εὐλό τὸν κύριόν μου σφόδρα, καὶ ὑψώθη· καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ πρόβατα καὶ μόσχους καὶ ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον, παῖδας καὶ παιδίσκας, καμήλους
καὶ ὄνους.

καὶ ἔτεκεν Σάρρα ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ κυρίου μου υἱὸν ἕνα τῷ κυρίῳ μου μετὰ τὸ γηρᾶσαι αὐτόν· καὶ ἔδωκεν § αὺτῷ ὅσα ἦν αὐτῷ. ¹³

καὶ ὥρκισέν με ὁ κύριός μου λέγων Οὐ λήμψῃ γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τῶν Χαναναίων, ἐν οἷς ἐγὼ παροικῶ ἐν τῇ γῆ
αὐτῶν·

ἀλλ᾿ ἢ εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου πορεύσῃ καὶ εἰς τὴν
φυλήν μου, καὶ λήμψῃ γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου ἐκεῖθεν.

εἶπα δὲ τῷ
κυρίῳ μου Μή ποτε οὐ πορευθῇ ἡ γυνὴ μετ’ ἐμοῦ.

καὶ εἶπεν μοι ¹⁴¹⁵ Κύριος ὁ θεός, ᾦ εὐηρέστησα ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, αὐτὸς ἐξαποστελεῖ τὸν ἄλλελον αὐτοῦ μετὰ σοῦ καὶ εὐοδώσει τὴν ὁδόν σου· καὶ καὶ γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς μου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός μου.

τότε
¹⁶ ἀθῷος ἴσῃ ἐκ τῆς ¶ ἀρᾶς μου· ἡνίκα γὰρ ἐὰν ἔλθῃς εἰς τὴν φυλήν μου ¹⁷ καὶ μὴ δῶσίν σοι, καὶ ἴσῃ ἀθῷος ἀπὸ τοῦ § ὁρκισμοῦ μου.

καὶ ἐλθὼν
σήμερον ἐπὶ τὴν πηγὴν εἶπα Κύριε ὁ θεὸς τοῦ κυρίου μου Ἀβραάμ, εἰ σὺ εὐοδοῖς τὴν ὁδόν μου, ἤν νῦν ἐγὼ πορεύομαι ἔ αὐτήν·

ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ
ἕστηκα ἐπὶ τὴν πηγὴν τοῦ ὕδατος, καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες τῶν ἀνθρώπων τῆς ἐξελεύσονται ὑδρεύσασθαι ὕδωρ, καὶ ἱστᾶι ἡ παρθένος ᾗ ἄν Πότισόν με μικρὸν ὕδωρ ἐκ τῆς ὑδρίας σου,

καὶ εἴπῃ μοι
Πίε σύ, καὶ ταῖς καμήλοις σου ὑδρεύσομαι, αὕτη ἡ γυνὴ ἢν ἡτοίμασεν Κύριος τῷ ἑαυτοῦ θεράπουτι Ἰσαάκ· καὶ ἐν τούτῳ γνώσομαι ὅτι πεποίηκας ἔλεος τῷ κυρίῳ μου Ἀβραάμ.

καὶ ἐγένετο πρὸ τοῦ συντελέσαι
με λαλοῦντα ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ μου, εὐθὺς ἐγένετο ἐξεπορεύετο συντελέσαι ὑδρίαν ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων, καὶ κατέβη ἐπὶ τὴν πηγὴν καὶ ὑδρεύσατο. εἶπα δὲ αὐτῇ Πότισόν με.

καὶ σπεύσασα καθδῖλεν τὴν ὑδρίαν ἐπὶ τὸν
¹⁸βραχίονα αὐτῆς άφ᾿ ¶ ἑαυτῆς καὶ εἶπεν Πίε σύ, καὶ τὰς καμήλους σου ποτιῶ· καὶ ἔπιον, καὶ τὰς καμήλους μου ἐπότισεν.

καὶ ἠρώτησα
αὐτὴν καὶ εἶπα τίνος θυγάτηρ εἰ ; ἀνάγγειλόν μοι. ἡ δὲ ἴφη Θυγάτηρ Βαθουήλ εἰμι ἐφ’ τοῦ υἱοῦ Ναχώρ, ὃν ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ Μελχά. καὶ περιέθηκα αὐτῇ τὰ ἐνώτια καὶ τὰ ψέλια ἐπὶ τὰς χεῖρας αεῖρας

καὶ
εὐδοκήσας προσεκύνησα κυρίῳ, καὶ εὐλόγησα Τύριον τὸν θεὸν τοῦ κυρίου μου Ἀβραάμ, ὅς εὐόδωσέν μοι ἐν ὁδῷ ἁληθείας, λαβεῖν τὴν θυγατέρα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τοῦ κυρίου μου τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ.

εἰ οὖν ποιεῖτε
ὑμεῖς ἕλεος κοὶ δικαιοσύνην πρὸς τὸν κύριόν μου, ἀπαγγείλατέ μοι, ἵνα ἐπιστρέψω εἰς δεξιὰν ἢ εἰς ἀριστερόν.

ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Λαβὰν
καὶ Βαθουὴλ εἶπαν Παρὰ κυρίου ἐξῆλθεν τὸ πρόσταυμα τοῦτο· οὐ α οὖν σοι ἀντειπεῖν κακὸν καλῶ.

ἰδοὺ Ῥεβέκκα ἐνώπιόν
, λαβὼν ἀπότρεχε· καὶ ἴστω γυνὴ τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ κυρίου σου, καθὰ Κύριος.

ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαι τὸν παῖδα τὸν τὸν Ἀβραὰμ
¹⁹
τῶν ῥημάτων τούτων, προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν κυρίῳ.

καὶ ἐξενἐγκας ²⁰ ὁ παῖς σκεύη ἀργυρᾶ καὶ χρυσᾶ καὶ ἱματισμὸν ἔδωκεν Ῥεβέκκᾳ,
καὶ δῶρα ἔδωκεν τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτῆς καὶ τῆ̣ μητρὶ αὐτῆς.

καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ὄντες, καὶ ἑ ἐκοιμήθησαν. καὶ ἀναστὰς πρωὶ εἶπεν § Ἐεκπέμψατέ με ἵνα ἀπέλθω πρὸς τὸν κύριόν ²¹
μου.

εἶπαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῆς καὶ ἡ μήτηρ Μεινάτω ἡ παρθένος
μεθ’ ἡμῶν ἡμέρας ὡσεὶ δέκα, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπελεύσεται.

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς Μὴ κατέχετέ με, καὶ κύριος εὐόδωσεν τὴν ὁδόν μου·
ἐκπέμψατέ με ἵνα ἀπέλθω πρὸς τὸν κύριόν μου.

οἱ δὲ εἶπαν Καλέσωμεν
τὴν παῖδα καὶ ἐπερωτήσωμεν τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς.

καὶ ἐκάλεσαν Ρεβέκκαν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῇ Πορεύσῃ μετὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τούτου ; καὶ
εἶπεν Ποφεύσομαι.

καὶ ἐξέπεμψαν Ρρνῤλλσν τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα σὐτῆς, καὶ τὸν παῖδα τὸν Ἀβραὰμ καὶ τοὺς
μετ’ αὐτοῦ.

καὶ εὐλόγησαν Ῥεβέκκαν τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῇ Ἀδελφὴ ἡμῶν εἶ· γίνου εἰς χιλιάδας μυριάδων, καὶ κληρονομησάτω
τὸ σπέρμα σου τὰς πόλεις τῶν ὑπεναντίων.

Ἀναστᾶσα δὲ Ῥεβέκκα καὶ αἱ ἅβραι αὐτῆς ἐπέβησαν ἐπὶ τὰς καμήλους, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν μετὰ
τοῦ ἀνθρώπου· καὶ ἀναλαβὼν ὁ παῖςτὴν Ῥεβέκκαν ἀπῆλθεν.

Ἰσαὰκ δὲ ἐπορεύετο διὰ τῆς ἐρήμου κατὰ τὸ φρέαρ τῆς ὁράσεως· αὐτὸς δὲ
κατῴκει ἐν τῇ γῇ τῇ πρὸς λίβα.

καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Ἰσαὰκ ἀδολεσχῆσαι εἰς τὸ πεδίον τὸ πρὸς δείλης, καὶ ἀναβλέψας τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἴδεν
καμήλους ἐρχομένας.

καὶ ἀναβλέψασα Ρεβέκκα τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς
ἴδεν τὸν Ἰσαὰκ καὶ κατεπήδησεν ἀπὸ τῆς καμήλου,

καὶ εἶπεν τῶ παιδί τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος ὁ πορευόμενος ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ εἰς συνάντησιν ἡμῖν ; εἶπεν δὲ ὁ παῖς οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κύριός μου· ἡ δὲ λαβοῦσα
τὸ θέριστρον περιεβάλετο.

καὶ διηγήσατο ὁ παῖς τῷ Ἰσαὰκ πάντα
τὰ ῥήματα ἃ ἐποίησεν.

εἰσῆλθεν δὲ Ἰσαὰκ εἰς τὸν οἶκον τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλαβεν τὴν Ῥεβέκκαν, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ γυνή, καὶ ἠγάπησεν αὐτήν· καὶ παρεκλήθη Ἰσαὰκ περὶ Σάρρας τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ.

Genesis. Septuaginta. ed. Henry Barclay Swete. Germany. 2015.

Current edition First1KGreek

Γένεσις (Greek) (Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 1: Genesis-IV Kings. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1901.)

Translations (1)

Genesis Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 24 focus

Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.

Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Please put your hand under my thigh.

I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.

But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.

The servant said to him, What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?

Abraham said to him, Beware that you don’t bring my son there again.

Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, To your descendants I will give this land. He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again.

The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

The servant took ten camels, of his master’s camels, and departed, having all goodly things of his master’s in his hand. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia , to the city of Nahor.

He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

He said, Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.

Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink. She will say, Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink. Let the same be she who you have appointed for your servant Isaac. Thereby will I know that you have shown kindness to my master.

It happened, before he had done speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.

The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.

The servant ran to meet her, and said, Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher.

She said, Drink, my lord. She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink.

When she had done giving him drink, she said, I will also draw for your camels, until they have done drinking.

She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

The man looked steadfastly at her, holding his peace, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not.

It happened, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,

and said, Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father’s house for us to lodge in?

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

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

The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.

He said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his lovingkindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me in the way to the house of my master’s relatives.

The young lady ran, and told her mother’s house about these words.

Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban . Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.

It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, This is what the man said to me, that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

He said, Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

Food was set before him to eat. But he said, I will not eat until I have told my message. He said, Speak on.

He said, I am Abraham’s servant.

Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and donkeys.

Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.

My master made me swear, saying, You shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,

but you shall go to my father’s house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.

I said to my master, What if the woman will not follow me?

He said to me, Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son of my relatives, and of my father’s house.

Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don’t give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.

I came this day to the spring, and said, Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go.

Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, Give me, I pray you, a little water from your pitcher to drink.

She will tell me, Drink, and I will also draw for your camels. Let the same be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my master’s son.

Before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, Please let me drink.

She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink. So I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

I asked her, and said, Whose daughter are you? She said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare to him. I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.

I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son.

Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me. That I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

Then Laban and Bethuel answered, The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can’t speak to you bad or good.

Behold, Rebekah is before you, take her, and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as Yahweh has spoken.

It happened that when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.

The servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away to my master.

Her brother and her mother said, Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.

He said to them, Don’t hinder me, seeing Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.

They said, We will call the young lady, and ask her.

They called Rebekah, and said to her, Will you go with this man? She said, I will go.

They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham’s servant, and his men.

They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them.

Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi. For he lived in the land of the South.

Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.

Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel.

She said to the servant, Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us? The servant said, It is my master. She took her veil, and covered herself.

The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

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Septuaginta Genesis 24

ed. Henry Barclay Swete

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