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Genesis 24 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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A Bride for Isaac

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:1 - Now Abraham was old, advanced in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in every way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he owned, “Please place your hand under my thigh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:3 - and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:4 - but you will go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - 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?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:6 - Then Abraham said to him, “Beware that you do not take my son back there!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:7 - “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, ‘To your [fn]descendants I will give this land,’ He will send His angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - “But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this my oath; only do not take my son back there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9 - So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:10 - Then the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and set out with a variety of good things of his master’s in his hand; and he arose and went to [fn]Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:11 - He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:12 - He said, “O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, please [fn]grant me success today, and show lovingkindness to my master Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:13 - “Behold, I am standing by the [fn]spring, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - now may it be that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar so that I may drink,’ and [fn]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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor, came out with her jar on her shoulder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16 - The girl was very beautiful, a virgin, and no man had [fn]had relations with her; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17 - Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18 - She said, “Drink, my lord”; and she quickly lowered her jar to her hand, and gave him a drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:19 - Now when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw also for your camels until they have finished drinking.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20 - So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran back to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:21 - Meanwhile, the man was gazing at her [fn]in silence, to know whether the LORD had made his journey successful or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 - When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half-shekel and two bracelets for her [fn]wrists weighing ten shekels in gold,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:23 - and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room for us to lodge in your father’s house?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:24 - She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25 - Again she said to him, “We have plenty of both straw and feed, and room to lodge in.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:26 - Then the man bowed low and worshiped the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:27 - He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His lovingkindness and His truth toward my master; as for me, the LORD has guided me in the way to the house of my master’s brothers.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28 - Then the girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:29 - Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran outside to the man at the spring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30 - When he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s [fn]wrists, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “[fn]This is what the man said to me,” he went to the man; and behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:31 - And he said, “Come in, blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside since I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - So the man entered the house. Then [fn]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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:33 - 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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:34 - So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become [fn]rich; and He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:36 - “Now Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master [fn]in her old age, and he has given him all that he has.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:37 - “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 [fn]live;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:38 - but you shall go to my father’s house and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:39 - “I said to my master, ‘Suppose the woman does not follow me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:40 - “He said to me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:41 - 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.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:42 - “So 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 successful;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - behold, I am standing by the [fn]spring, and may it be that the maiden who comes out to draw, and to whom I say, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar”;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - 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.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - “Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew, and I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46 - “She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels also’; so I drank, and she watered the camels also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:47 - “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 ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her [fn]wrists.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 - “And I bowed low and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s [fn]kinsman for his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - “So now if you are going to [fn]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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:50 - Then Laban and Bethuel replied, “The matter comes from the LORD; so we cannot speak to you bad or good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:51 - “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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:52 - When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground [fn]before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53 - The servant brought out 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:54 - Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they arose in the morning, he said, “Send me away to my master.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - But her brother and her mother said, “Let the girl stay with us a few days, say ten; afterward she may go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:56

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:56 - He said to them, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:57 - And they said, “We will call the girl and [fn]consult her wishes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:58

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:58 - Then they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59 - Thus they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse with Abraham’s servant and his men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60 - They blessed Rebekah and said to her,
“May you, our sister,
Become thousands of ten thousands,
And may your [fn]descendants possess
The gate of those who hate them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:61 - 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:62 - Now Isaac had come from going to Beer-lahai-roi; for he [fn]was living in the [fn]Negev.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:63 - Isaac went out to [fn]meditate in the field toward evening; and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, camels were coming.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:64 - Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she dismounted from the camel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:65 - 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 [fn]veil and covered herself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:66 - The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67 - Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; thus Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
See the NASB95 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: seed
Hebrew: Aram-naharaim, Aram of the two rivers
Literally: cause to occur for me
Literally: fountain of water
Literally: she will say
Literally: known
Literally: keeping silent
Literally: hands
Literally: hands
Literally: Thus the man
Literally: he
Literally: great
Literally: after she was old
Literally: dwell
Literally: fountain of water
Literally: hands
Literally: brother
Literally: show lovingkindness and truth
Literally: to
Literally: ask her mouth
Literally: seed
Literally: was dwelling
I.e. South country
Or, stroll; meaning uncertain
Or, shawl
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