Gênesis 24 - Bíblia Online

And Abraham was old, well stricken in age. And LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. 
And Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put thy hand, I pray thee, under my thigh. 
And I will make thee swear by LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou will not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell. 
But thou shall go to my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac. 
And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I bring thy son again to the land from where thou came? 
And Abraham said to him, Beware thou that thou not bring my son there again. 
LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, To thy seed I will give this land, he will send his [heavenly] agent before thee, and 
And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shall be clear from this my oath. Only thou shall not bring my son there again. 
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter. 
And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed, having all goodly things of his master's in his hand. And he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor. 
And he made the camels to kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water. 
And he said, O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray thee, good speed this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. 
Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water. And the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. 
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink. And she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. Let the same be she that thou have appointed for th 
And it came to pass, before he was 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 upon her shoulder. 
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her. And she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher. 
And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hurried, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 
And when she had finished giving him drink, she said, I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. 
And she hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels. 
And the man looked steadfastly on her, keeping silent, to know whether LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. 
And it came to pass, as the camels had finished 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 thou? Tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? 
And 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. 
And the man bowed his head, and worshipped LORD. 
And he said, Blessed be LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, LORD has led me in the way to the house of my master's brothers. 
And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words. 
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. And Laban ran out to the man, to the fountain. 
And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the 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 was standing by the 
And he said, Come in, thou blessed of LORD. Why do thou stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. 
And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels. And he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. 
And there was set before him food to eat. But he said, I will not eat until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on. 
And he said, I am Abraham's servant. 
And LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great. And he has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and donkeys. 
And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old. And has he given to him all that he has. 
And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell, 
but thou shall go to my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son. 
And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me. 
And he said to me, LORD, before whom I walk, will send his [heavenly] agent with thee, and prosper thy way. And thou shall take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house. 
Then thou shall be clear from my oath, when thou come to my kindred. And if they do not give her to thee, thou shall be clear from my oath. 
And I came this day to the fountain, and said, O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if thou do now prosper my way which I go, 
behold, I am standing by the fountain of water, and let it come to pass, that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher to drink, 
and she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels, let the same be the woman whom LORD has appointed for my master's son. 
And before I was done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder. And she went down to the fountain, and drew. And I said to her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 
And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. So I drank, and she made the camels drink also. 
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter are thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him. And I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands. 
And I bowed my head, and worshipped LORD, and blessed LORD, 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. 
And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. And if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. 
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from LORD; we cannot speak to thee bad or good. 
Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as LORD has spoken. 
And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to LORD. 
And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother. 
And they ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and tarried all night. And they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away to my master. 
And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us [a few] days, at the least ten. After that she shall go. 
And he said to them, Do not hinder me, since LORD has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master. 
And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. 
And they called Rebekah, and said to her, Will thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. 
And they sent Rebekah their sister away, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. 
And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them. 
And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. 
And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi, for he dwelt in the land of the South. 
And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming. 
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel. 
And she said to the servant, What man is this who walks in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master. And she took her veil, and covered herself. 
And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. 

Abraham was olde and stryken in dayes and the LORde had blessed him in all thinges. 
And he sayde vnto his eldest servaunte of his house which had the rule over all that he had: Put thy hande vnder my thye that 
I maye make the swere by the LORde that is God of heauen and God of the erth that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the doughters of the canaanytes amonge which I dwell. 
But shalt goo vnto my contre and to my kynred and there take a wyfe vnto my sonne Isaac. 
Tha sayde the seruaunte vnto him: what ad yf the woma wyll not agree to come with me vnto this lade shall I brynge thy sonne agayne vnto the lande which thou camest out of: 
And Abraha sayde vnto him: bewarre of that that thou brige not my sonne thither. 
The LORde God of heauen which toke me from my fathers house and from the lande where I was borne and which spake vnto me and sware vnto me saynge: vnto thy seed wyll I geue this lande he shall sende his angell before the yt thou mayst take a wife vnto my sonne from thence. 
Neuerthelesse yf the woma will not agree to come with the than shalt thou be with out daunger of this ooth. But aboue all thinge brynge not my sonne thyther agayne. 
And the seruaunte put his hand vnder the thye of Abraham and sware to him as concernynge that matter. 
And the seruaunte toke .x. camels of the camels of his master and departed and had of all maner goodes of his master with him and stode vp and went to Mesopotamia vnto the cytie of Nahor. 
And made his camels to lye doune with out the cytie by a wels syde of water at euen: aboute the tyme that women come out to drawe water 
and he sayde.LORde God of my master Abraha sende me good spede this daye and shewe mercy vnto my master Abraham. 
Lo I stonde here by the well of water and the doughters of the men of this citie will come out to drawe water: 
Now the damsell to whome I saye stoupe doune thy pytcher and let me drynke. Yf she saye drynke and I will geue thy camels drynke also yt same is she that thou hast ordened for they servaunte Isaac: yee and therby shall I knowe that thou hast shewed mercy on my master. 
And it came to passe yer he had leeft spakynge that Rebecca came out the doughter of Bethuell sonne to Melcha the wife of Nahor Abrahams brother and hir pytcher apon hir shulder: 
The damsell was very fayre to loke apon and yet a mayde and vnknowen of man.And she went doune to the well and fylled hyr pytcher and came vp agayne. 
Then the seruaunte ranne vnto her and sayde: let me syppe a litle water of thi pither. 
And she sayde: drynke my lorde.And she hasted and late downe her pytcher apon hyr arme and gaue him drinke. 
And whe she had geven hym drynke she sayde: I will drawe water for thy camels also vntill they haue dronke ynough. 
And she poured out hyr pitcher in to the trough hastely and ranne agayne vnto the well to fett water: and drewe for all his camels. 
And the felowe wondred at her. But helde his peace to wete whether the LORde had made his iourney prosperous or not. 
And as the camels had lefte drynckynge he toke an earynge of halfe a sicle weght and .ij golden bracelettes for hyr hades of .x. sycles weyght of gold 
and sayde vnto her: whose doughter art thou? tell me: ys there rowme in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in? 
And she sayde vnto him: I am the doughter of Bethuell the sonne of Milcha which she bare vnto Nahor: 
and sayde moreouer vnto him: we haue litter and prauonder ynough and also rowme to lodge in. 
And the man bowed himselfe and worshipped the LORde 
and sayde: blessed be the LORde God of my master Abraham which ceasseth not to deale mercyfully and truly with my master And hath brought me the waye to my masters brothers house. 
And the damsell ranne and tolde them of her mothers house these thinges. 
And Rebecca had a brother called Laban.And Laban ranne out vnto the man to the well: 
for as soone as he had sene the earynges and the bracelettes apon his sisters handes ad herde the wordes of Rebecca his sister saynge thus sayde the man vnto me than he went out vnto the man. And loo he stode yet with the camels by the well syde. 
And Laban sayde: come in thou blessed of the LORde. Wherfore stondest thou without? I haue dressed the house and made rowme for the camels. 
And than the ma came in to the house. And he vnbrydeld the camels: and brought litter and prauonder for the camels and water to weshe his fete and their fete that were with him 
and there was meate sett before him to eate.But he sayde: I will not eate vntill I haue sayde myne earede: And he sayde saye on. 
And he sayde: I am Abrahas servaunte 
and the LORDE hath blessed my master out of measure that he is become greate and hath geven him shepe oxen syluer and golde menservauntes maydeservauntes camels ad asses. 
And Sara my masters wyfe bare him a sonne whe she was olde: and vnto him hath he geven all that he hath. 
And my master made me swere saynge: Thou shalt not take a wyfe to my sonne amonge the doughters of the cananytes in whose lade I dwell. 
But thou shalt goo vnto my fathers house and to my kynred and there take a wyfe vnto my sonne. 
And I sayde vnto my master. What yf the wyfe will not folowe me? 
And he sayde vnto me: The LORde before whome I walke wyll sende his angell with the and prosper thy iourney that thou shalt take a wyfe for my sonne of my kynred and of my fathers house. 
But and yf (when thou comest vnto my kynred) they will not geue the one tha shalt thou bere no perell of myne oothe. 
And I came this daye vnto the well and sayed: O LORde the God of my master Abraha yf it be so that thou makest my iourney which I go prosperous: 
beholde I stode by this well of water And when a virgyn cometh forth to drawe water and I saye to her: geue me a litle water of thi pitcher to drynke 
and she saye agayne to me: dryncke thou and I will also drawe water for thy camels: that same is the wife whom the LORde hath prepared for my masters sonne. 
And before I had made an ende of speakynge in myne harte: beholde Rebecca came forth and hir pitcher on hir shulder and she went doune vnto the well and drewe. And I sayde vnto her geue me drynke. 
And she made hast and toke doune hir pitcher from of hir ad sayd: drinke and I will geue thy camels drynke also. And I dranke and she gaue the camels drynke also. 
And I asked her saynge: whose doughter art thou? And she answered: the doughter of Bathuell Nahors sonne whome Milca bare vnto him.And I put the earynge vpon hir face and the bracelettes apon hir hondes. 
And I bowed my selfe and worshepped the LORde and blessed the LORde God of my master Abraha which had brought me the right waye to take my masters brothers doughter vnto his sonne. 
Now therfore yf ye will deall mercyfully and truly with my master tell me. And yf no tell me also: that I maye turne me to the right hande or to the left. 
Than answered Laban and Bathuel saynge: The thinge is proceded even out of the lorde we can not therfore saye vnto the ether good or bad: 
Beholde Rebecca before thy face take her and goo and let her be thy masters sonnes wife euen as the LORde hath sayde. 
And whe Abrahams servaunte herde their wordes he bowed him selfe vnto the LORde flatt vpon the erth. 
And the servaunte toke forth iewells of syluer and iewelles of gold and rayment and gaue them to Rebecca: But vnto hir brother and to hir mother he gaue spyces. 
And then they ate and dranke both he and the men that were with him and taried all nyghte and rose vp in the mornynge.And he sayde: let me departe vnto my master. 
But hir brother and hir mother sayde: let the damsell abyde with vs a while ad it be but even .x. dayes and than goo thy wayes. 
And he sayde vnto them hinder me not: for the lorde hath prospered my iourney. Sende me awaye yt I maye goo vnto my master. 
And they sayde: let vs call the damsell and witt what she sayth to the matter. 
And they called forth Rebecca ad sayde vnto her: wilt thou goo with this ma? And she sayde: Yee. 
Than they broughte Rebecca their sister on the waye and her norse and Abrahas servaunte and the men that were wyth him. 
And they blessed Rebecca and sayde vnto her: Thou art oure sister growe in to thousande thousandes and thy seed possesse ye gates of their emnies. 
And Rebecca arose and hir damsels and satt the vp apo the camels and went their waye after the man. And ye servaunte toke Rebecca and went his waye 
And Isaac was a comige from the well of ye lyvynge and seynge for he dwelt in the south cotre 
and was gone out to walke in his meditatios before ye eue tyde. And he lyfte vp his eyes and loked and beholde ye camels were cominge. 
And Rebecca lyfte vp hir eyes and whe she sawe Isaac she lyghted of the camel 
ad sayde vnto ye servaunte: what ma is this yt cometh agenst vs in the feld? And the servaute sayde: it is my master. And then she toke hir mantell ad put it aboute her. 
And the servaute tolde Isaac all that he had done. 
The Isaac broughte her in to his mother Saras tente ad toke Rebecca and she became his wife and he loved her: and so was Isaac coforted over his mother. 

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