1 亚伯拉罕老迈了， 年事已高， 耶和华在一切事上都赐福给他。 2 亚伯拉罕对他家中， 管理所有产业的老仆人说： "请把你的手放在我的大腿底下。 3 我要你指着耶和华天地的 神起誓， 不可从我现在居住的迦南人中， 为我的儿子娶他们的女子为妻。 4 你却要到我的故乡、我的亲族那里去， 为我的儿子以撒娶妻。" 5 仆人问亚伯拉罕： "如果那女子不愿跟我到这地方来， 我必须把你的儿子带回你原出之地去吗？" 6 亚伯拉罕对他说： "你要谨慎， 切不可带我的儿子回到那里去。 7 耶和华天上的 神， 就是领我离开我的父家和我亲族之地， 曾经对我说话， 又向我起誓的那位说： ‘我必把这地赐给你的后裔。’他必在你前面差派他的使者， 你就可以从那里为我的儿子娶妻。 8 如果那女子不愿跟你来， 我叫你所起的这誓就与你无关了。只是不可带我的儿子回到那里去。" 9 于是， 仆人把手放在他主人亚伯拉罕的大腿下， 为这事向亚伯拉罕起誓。 10 那仆人从他主人的骆驼里取了十匹骆驼， 带着主人各样的美物， 起程往两河之间的亚兰去， 到了拿鹤的城。 11 黄昏时分， 女人出来打水的时候， 那仆人就叫骆驼跪在城外的水井旁边， 12 然后祷告说： "耶和华我主人亚伯拉罕的 神啊， 求你今日使我遇见好机会， 施慈爱给我的主人亚伯拉罕。 13 我现在站在水泉旁边， 城内居民的女儿正出来打水。 14 我对哪一个少女说： ‘请你放下水瓶来， 让我喝点水。’如果她回答： ‘请喝， 我也给你的骆驼喝。’愿那少女就作你选定给你仆人以撒的妻子。这样， 我就知道你施慈爱给我的主人了。" 15 话还没有说完， 不料， 利百加肩头上扛着水瓶出来了。利百加是彼土利所生的。彼土利是亚伯拉罕兄弟拿鹤的妻子密迦的儿子。 16 那少女容貌非常美丽， 还是个处女， 没有男人亲近过她。她下到水泉那里， 打满了水瓶， 又上来。 17 仆人就跑去迎着她， 说： "请你把瓶里的水给我喝一点。" 18 那少女回答： "我主请喝。"就急忙把水瓶拿下来， 托在手上给他喝。 19 他喝足了， 少女就说： "我也要为你的骆驼打水， 直到它们都喝足了。" 20 于是急忙把水瓶里的水倒在槽里， 又跑到井旁去打水， 给他所有的骆驼打上水来。 21 那人一句话也不说， 只注视着她， 要知道耶和华使他的道路亨通不亨通。 22 骆驼喝足了， 那人就拿出一个重近六克的金鼻环， 戴在她的鼻子上， 又拿出两个重一百一十四克的金手镯， 套在她的手上， 23 然后问她： "请你告诉我， 你是谁的女儿？你父亲的家里有地方给我们住宿没有？" 24 她回答： "我是密迦给拿鹤所生的儿子彼土利的女儿。" 25 她又说： "我们有很多粮草和饲料， 也有住宿的地方。" 26 那人就跪下敬拜耶和华， 27 说： "耶和华我主人亚伯拉罕的 神是应当称颂的， 因为他不断以慈爱和信实待我的主人； 耶和华也一路引导我， 到了我主人的兄弟家里。" 28 那少女就跑回去， 把这些事都告诉了她母亲家里的人。 29 利百加有一个哥哥， 名叫拉班。 30 他看见了妹妹的鼻环和手上的手镯， 又听见了妹妹利百加说： "那人对我这样这样说"， 就跑去见外面水泉旁边的那人。他来到那人跟前的时候， 见他仍然站在骆驼旁边的水泉那里。 31 拉班说： "你这蒙耶和华赐福的， 请进来吧， 为什么站在外面呢？我已经收拾好了房间， 也为骆驼预备了地方。" 32 那人就进了拉班的家。拉班卸了骆驼， 拿粮草和饲料给骆驼吃， 又拿水给那人和与他同来的人洗脚。 33 然后在他面前摆上食物， 但那人说： "除非等我说完了我的事， 我不会吃。"拉班说： "请说。" 34 那人说： "我是亚伯拉罕的仆人。 35 耶和华厚厚地赐福我主人， 他就昌大起来； 耶和华又赐给他羊群、牛群、金银、仆婢、骆驼和驴。 36 我主人的妻子撒拉年老的时候， 给我主人生了一个儿子。我主人也把他一切所有的都给了这个儿子。 37 我主人要我起誓， 说： ‘你不可从我现在居住的迦南地中， 为我的儿子娶迦南的女子为妻。 38 你要到我的父家， 和我的族人那里去， 为我的儿子娶一个妻子。’ 39 我问我主人： ‘如果那女子不愿跟我回来呢？’ 40 他回答： ‘我行事为人都在他面前的耶和华， 必差派他的使者与你同去， 使你的道路亨通， 你就可以从我的族人和我的父家， 给我的儿子娶一个妻子。 41 只要你到了我的族人那里去， 我叫你起的誓就与你无关； 他们若不把女子交给你， 我叫你起的誓也与你无关。’ 42 我今天到了水泉那里， 就说： ‘耶和华我主人亚伯拉罕的 神啊， 你若叫我所走的道路亨通， 43 那么， 我现在站在水泉旁边， 但愿有一个少女出来打水， 我要对她说： "请你把瓶里的水给我喝一点。" 44 她若对我说： "你请喝， 我还要打水给你的骆驼喝。"愿那女子就作耶和华给我主人的儿子所选定的妻子。’ 45 我心里的话还没有说完， 利百加就肩头扛着水瓶出来了， 她下到水泉那里去打水； 我就对她说： ‘请给我水喝。’ 46 她急忙从肩上拿下水瓶来， 说： ‘请喝， 我还要给你的骆驼喝。’我喝了， 她也打水给我的骆驼喝。 47 于是我问她， 说： ‘你是谁的女儿？’她回答： ‘我是密迦给拿鹤所生的儿子彼土利的女儿。’我就把鼻环戴在她的鼻子上， 把手镯套在她的两手上。 48 然后我跪下敬拜耶和华， 称颂耶和华我主人亚伯拉罕的 神， 因为他引导我走恰当的路， 使我得到我主人的兄弟的孙女， 作我主人的儿子的妻子。 49 现在你们若愿意以慈爱和信实待我的主人， 就请告诉我。如果不愿意， 也请你们告诉我； 使我可以知道怎样行。" 50 拉班和彼土利回答， 说： "这事既然出于耶和华， 我们就不能对你说好说歹。 51 看哪， 利百加就在你面前， 你可以把她带去， 照着耶和华所说的， 作你主人儿子的妻子。" 52 亚伯拉罕的仆人听到了他们这些话， 就俯伏在地敬拜耶和华。 53 那仆人拿出金器、银器和衣服送给利百加， 又把贵重的礼物送给她的哥哥和她的母亲。 54 然后， 仆人和与他同来的人才吃喝， 并且住了一夜。他们早晨起来， 仆人就说： "请打发我回到我主人那里去吧！ " 55 利百加的哥哥和母亲说： "让这女孩子和我们同住多几天， 或是十天， 然后她可以离去。" 56 仆人回答他们： "你们不要挽留我， 耶和华既然使我的道路亨通， 就请打发我回到我主人那里去。" 57 他们说： "我们可以把那女孩子叫来， 问问她的意思。" 58 他们把利百加叫了来， 问她： "你愿意与这人同去吗？"她回答： "我愿意去。" 59 于是， 他们把自己的妹妹利百加， 她的乳母和亚伯拉罕的仆人， 以及同来的人， 都打发走了。 60 他们给利百加祝福， 对她说： "我们的妹妹啊， 愿你作千万人之母； 愿你的后裔， 占领仇敌的城门。" 61 利百加和她的众使女就起来， 骑上骆驼， 跟着那人走； 那仆人就带着利百加走了。 62 那时， 以撒刚从庇耳．拉海．莱回来， 他原本是住在南地的。 63 黄昏的时候， 以撒出来田间默想。他举目观看， 忽然看见来了些骆驼。 64 利百加举目观看， 看见了以撒， 就下了骆驼， 65 问那仆人： "在田间走来迎接我们的这人是谁？"仆人回答： "他是我的主人。"利百加就拿面纱蒙在面上。 66 仆人把所作的一切事， 都告诉以撒。 67 以撒领利百加进了他母亲撒拉的帐棚， 并且娶了她。利百加就作了以撒的妻子。以撒爱利百加。以撒自从他母亲去世后， 这才得了安慰。

1 And Abraham [is] old, he hath entered into days, and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all [things];2 and Abraham saith unto his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he hath, `Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,3 and I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;4 but unto my land and unto my kindred dost thou go, and hast taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.`5 And the servant saith unto him, `It may be the woman is not willing to come after me unto this land; do I at all cause thy son to turn back unto the land from whence thou camest out?`6 And Abraham saith unto him, `Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause my son to turn back thither;7 Jehovah, God of the heavens, who hath taken me from the house of my father, and from the land of my birth, and who hath spoken to me, and who hath sworn to me, saying, To thy seed I give this land, He doth send His messenger before thee, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from thence;8 and if the woman be not willing to come after thee, then thou hast been acquitted from this mine oath: only my son thou dost not cause to turn back thither.`9 And the servant putteth his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and sweareth to him concerning this matter.10 And the servant taketh ten camels of the camels of his lord and goeth, also of all the goods of his lord in his hand, and he riseth, and goeth unto Aram-Naharaim, unto the city of Nahor;11 and he causeth the camels to kneel at the outside of the city, at the well of water, at even-time, at the time of the coming out of the women who draw water.12 And he saith, `Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, cause to meet, I pray Thee, before me this day -- (and do kindness with my lord Abraham;13 lo, I am standing by the fountain of water, and daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water;14 and it hath been, the young person unto whom I say, Incline, I pray thee, thy pitcher, and I drink, and she hath said, Drink, and I water also thy camels) -- her Thou hast decided for Thy servant, for Isaac; and by it I know that Thou hast done kindness with my lord.`15 And it cometh to pass, before he hath finished speaking, that lo, Rebekah (who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham) is coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder,16 and the young person [is] of very good appearance, a virgin, and a man hath not known her; and she goeth down to the fountain, and filleth her pitcher, and cometh up.17 And the servant runneth to meet her, and saith, `Let me swallow, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher;`18 and she saith, `Drink, my lord;` and she hasteth, and letteth down her pitcher upon her hand, and giveth him drink.19 And she finisheth giving him drink, and saith, `Also for thy camels I draw till they have finished drinking;`20 and she hasteth, and emptieth her pitcher into the drinking-trough, and runneth again unto the well to draw, and draweth for all his camels.21 And the man, wondering at her, remaineth silent, to know whether Jehovah hath made his way prosperous or not.22 And it cometh to pass when the camels have finished drinking, that the man taketh a golden ring (whose weight [is] a bekah), and two bracelets for her hands (whose weight [is] ten [bekahs] of gold),23 and saith, `Whose daughter [art] thou? declare to me, I pray thee, is the house of thy father a place for us to lodge in?`24 And she saith unto him, `I [am] daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, whom she hath borne to Nahor.`25 She saith also unto him, `Both straw and provender [are] abundant with us, also a place to lodge in.`26 And the man boweth, and doth obeisance to Jehovah,27 and saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, who hath not left off His kindness and His truth with my lord; -- I [being] in the way, Jehovah hath led me to the house of my lord`s brethren.`28 And the young person runneth, and declareth to the house of her mother according to these words.29 And Rebekah hath a brother, and his name [is] Laban, and Laban runneth unto the man who [is] without, unto the fountain;30 yea, it cometh to pass, when he seeth the ring, and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heareth the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, `Thus hath the man spoken unto me,` that he cometh in unto the man, and lo, he is standing by the camels by the fountain.31 And he saith, `Come in, O blessed one of Jehovah, why standest thou without, and I -- I have prepared the house and place for the camels!`32 And he bringeth in the man into the house, and looseth the camels, and giveth straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men who [are] with him:33 and setteth before him to eat; but he saith, `I do not eat till I have spoken my word;` and he saith, `Speak.`34 And he saith, `I [am] Abraham`s servant;35 and Jehovah hath blessed my lord exceedingly, and he is great; and He giveth to him flock, and herd, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses;36 and Sarah, my lord`s wife, beareth a son to my lord, after she hath been aged, and he giveth to him all that he hath.37 `And my lord causeth me to swear, saying, Thou dost not take a wife to my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in whose land I am dwelling.38 If not -- unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son.39 `And I say unto my lord, It may be the woman doth not come after me;40 and he saith unto me, Jehovah, before whom I have walked habitually, doth send His messenger with thee, and hath prospered thy way, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from my family, and from the house of my father;41 then art thou acquitted from my oath, when thou comest unto my family, and if they give not [one] to thee; then thou hast been acquitted from my oath.42 `And I come to-day unto the fountain, and I say, Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, if Thou art, I pray Thee, making prosperous my way in which I am going --43 (lo, I am standing by the fountain of water), then the virgin who is coming out to draw, and I have said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher,44 and she hath said unto me, Both drink thou, and also for thy camels I draw -- she is the woman whom Jehovah hath decided for my lord`s son.45 `Before I finish speaking unto my heart, then lo, Rebekah is coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder, and she goeth down to the fountain, and draweth; and I say unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee,46 and she hasteth and letteth down her pitcher from off her and saith, Drink, and thy camels also I water; and I drink, and the camels also she hath watered.47 `And I ask her, and say, Whose daughter [art] thou? and she saith, Daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah hath borne to him, and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands,48 and I bow, and do obeisance before Jehovah, and I bless Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, who hath led me in the true way to receive the daughter of my lord`s brother for his son.49 `And now, if ye are dealing kindly and truly with my lord, declare to me; and if not, declare to me; and I turn unto the right or unto the left.`50 And Laban answereth -- Bethuel also -- and they say, `The thing hath gone out from Jehovah; we are not able to speak unto thee bad or good;51 lo, Rebekah [is] before thee, take and go, and she is a wife to thy lord`s son, as Jehovah hath spoken.`52 And it cometh to pass, when the servant of Abraham hath heard their words, that he boweth himself towards the earth before Jehovah;53 and the servant taketh out vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and giveth to Rebekah; precious things also he hath given to her brother and to her mother.54 And they eat and drink, he and the men who [are] with him, and lodge all night; and they rise in the morning, and he saith, `Send me to my lord;`55 and her brother saith -- her mother also -- `Let the young person abide with us a week or ten days, afterwards doth she go.`56 And he saith unto them, `Do not delay me, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way; send me away, and I go to my lord;`57 and they say, `Let us call for the young person, and ask at her mouth;`58 and they call for Rebekah, and say unto her, `Dost thou go with this man?` and she saith, `I go.`59 And they send away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham`s servant, and his men;60 and they bless Rebekah, and say to her, `Thou [art] our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and thy seed doth possess the gate of those hating it.`61 And Rebekah and her young women arise, and ride on the camels, and go after the man; and the servant taketh Rebekah and goeth.62 And Isaac hath come in from the entrance of the Well of the Living One, my Beholder; and he is dwelling in the land of the south,63 and Isaac goeth out to meditate in the field, at the turning of the evening, and he lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, camels are coming.64 And Rebekah lifteth up her eyes, and seeth Isaac, and alighteth from off the camel;65 and she saith unto the servant, `Who [is] this man who is walking in the field to meet us?` and the servant saith, `It [is] my lord;` and she taketh the veil, and covereth herself.66 And the servant recounteth to Isaac all the things that he hath done,67 and Isaac bringeth her in unto the tent of Sarah his mother, and he taketh Rebekah, and she becometh his wife, and he loveth her, and Isaac is comforted after [the death of] his mother.