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Genesis 24

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2 Əzəl iyyan iṇṇa Ibrahim y əkli-nnet wa n asahaw-net, wa inəṭṭafan əd təla-nnet kul: «Ag'əfus nak daw taɣma-nin,

3 amaran təhədaɣ-i s Əməli, Məššina ən jənnawan əd ṃədlan, as du-wər-za-tədkəla i barar-in tanṭut daɣ təbararen ən Kəl Kanan win ɣur əɣsara,

4 mišan ad-takka akal-in daɣ marwan-in tədkəla-du tanṭut i barar-in Isxaq.»

5 Ijjəwwab-as əkli: «Mijas tanṭut wər za-tardu s a-di-du-təlkəm əs kallan a da. Awak ad-awəya barar-nak s akal wa du-təg̣mada?»

6 Iṇṇ-as Ibrahim: «Kaššeday fəl ad-tewaya barar-in s akal en!

7 Əməli, Məššina wa n jənnawan, a di-du-ikkaṣan daɣ ahan n abba-nin əd marwan-in, iššewal-i təzzar idkal-i arkawal, iṇṇ-i: " Akal a da ad-t-akfa y əzzurriya-nnak", ənta iṃan-net ad-assaglu angalos-net dat-ək, amaran den da a-du-za-tədkəla tanṭut i barar-in.

8 As tugay tənṭut s a-dak-du-təlkəm təfal-kay təhuday ta d-i təge da. Mišan ad-wər-tawəya barar-in s akal en.»

9 Iga əkli əfus-net daw taɣma n Ibrahim, məšš-is, ihad as ad-ammazal a w'as das-iṇṇa.

10 Isannafran-du ṃaraw olaman daɣ ṃənas ən məšš-is, issəwər-tan aratan n Ibrahim win əlanen əlqimat. Iga anamod ən fallatan ən Mesofotami, ikka aɣrəm wa iha ahan ən Naxor, amaḍray n Ibrahim.

11 Issəgan olaman dagma n aṇu ihan ṭama n əɣrəm, ṭakəst, alwaq wa daɣ du-kattarnat təḍoden.

12 Iṭṭar s a wa: «Əməli, Məššina ən məšš-i Ibrahim, təṇsaraɣ-i azalada. Səṃṃətəkwəy əlluɣ-nak i məšš-i Ibrahim sa das-taga tara-nnet.

13 Nak da ɣur šaṭ a amaran šibararen n əɣrəm a-dd-əzrəgnat.

14 Ad-aṇsəya iyyat daɣ-asnat ad-i-du-takfu ətəkin-net ad-aššwa, as d-i-təṇṇa: " Yay ašəw, amaran ad-əššašwa olaman-nak tolas.", ad-əṣṣənaɣ as ənta a təfrana y əkli-nnak Isxaq. S asaway di ad-əṣṣəna as təsiṃatakwaya əlluɣ-nak i məšš-i.»

15 Wər iɣred d awal, as ogga Raqqiyetu təzay-du təssiwar ətəkin-net əzir-net, elles ən Bətuhel, rur-es ən Milka əd Naxor, amaḍray n Ibrahim.

16 Təmawat təgat šihussay šin əqqitasnen, wər təzday meddan. Təraṣ-du šaṭ, təḍnay ətəkin-net, təg̣g̣əzzay.

17 Ozal əkli issəlkad-as, iṇṇa: «Oṇsayaq-qam ad-i-taššašwa daɣ ətəkin-nam.»

18 Təṇṇ-as: «Ašəw, məšš-i!» Tərrorad əsəggətti n ətəkin y as ad-ašəw.

19 As išwa, təṇṇ-as: «Ad-əjjijəla y olaman-nak har ašwin kul.»

20 Tərrorad tanaɣla n ətəkin-net daɣ əɣlal, tozal təḍnay-t-idu har təššəšwa olaman kul.

21 A tat-izagaz-du aləs s əməkəyad da, wər iṇṇa arat fəl ad-inəy kud əməli a iṇsaran əšikəl-net wala.

22 As əšwan olaman, idkal-du aləs təzəbit n urəɣ təgat əzuk n ədinar ig-et daɣ tanjart-net. Idkal-du tolas ilkəzan əššin n urəɣ s akk-iyyan iga ṃaraw dinaran əd ṣəmmos, iqqan-as-tan.

23 «Ma kam erawan? Are daɣ-am ad-i-tu-təməla. Ill-ay adag daɣ ahan n abba-nnam daɣ ənṣeɣ ahad a nak əd win dər əddewa?»

24 Təjjəwwab-as: «Nak tabarart ən Bətuhel, rures ən Milka əd Naxor.»

25 Təṇṇ-as harwa: «Ehan-nana ih-ay əlmmuz d amassaḍon aggen d adag a daɣ tənṣeɣ.»

26 Issəjad aləs y Əməli, ig̣g̣oday-as.

27 Iṇṇa: «Əg̣g̣odayaɣ-ak ya Əməli, Məššina ən məšš-i Ibrahim! Təsannafalala harwa əlluɣ əd takawent-nak i məšš-i. Daɣ əšikəl a da, Əməli təzazzalalaɣaɣ-i əs marwan ən məšš-i.»

28 Tozal tabarart ad-tagu isalan y anna-nnet. Ənta Raqqiyetu təla amaqqar igan eṣəm Laban. As inay təzəbit d əlkəzan daɣ əfus ən tamaḍrayt-net, tolas isallu y awalan ən Raqqiyetu, təgannu: «A wa a di-iṇṇa aləs.» Iqqab-du, ozal, ikka-ddu aləs, ibdad illa ɣur olaman-net dagma ən šaṭ.

31 Təzzar iṇṇ-as: «Iyyaw məšš-is n albaraka n Əməli, mas din-təmala dəffər ahan? Nak əfradaɣ-ak ehan təggaza, d adag y ṃənas-nak?»

32 Ewaḍ-du aləs ehan, izazzabbat Laban ilalan fəl olaman, təzzar ikf-en ələmmuz, amaran d aṃan as iššorad aləs iḍaran-net əd ḍaran ən win dər iddew.

33 Dəffər a wen əkfan-tu teṭṭay. Mišan iṇṇa: «Nak wər z-atša iket wər əmelaɣ arat wa di-d-ewayan.» «Šiwəl!» iṇṇ-as Laban.

34 Təzzar iṇṇa: «Nak akli n Ibrahim.

35 Əməli ikfa məšš-i albaraka, iqqal amassehay ikf-ay ayfəḍ əd wəlli əd šitan, d əzrəf d urəɣ, d eklan əd taklaten, əd ṃənas d əzdan.

36 Sarata tanṭut ən məšš-i, təssaha-ddu barar daɣ tušaray-nnet i məšš-i; təzzar ikf-ay a wa ila kul.

37 Məšš-i issəhad-i as wər du-z-ədkəla i barar-net tanṭut daɣ təmawaḍen ən Kəl Kanan, daɣ akal wa təha təməɣsurt-net.

38 Mišan ad-akka ehan n abba-nnet əd marwan-net awəya-du i barar-net tanṭut.

39 Əṇṇeɣ i məšš-i: Mijas ad-tugəy tənṭut s ad-i-du-təlkəm.»

40 Ijjəwwab-i: «Əməli dat əjawanke, add-assaglu angalos-net idaw dər-ək. Təzzar iṇsər əšikəl-nak tədkəla-du i barar-in tanṭut ən marwan-in n aɣaywan n abba-nin.

41 A-kay-təfal təhuday ta di təge as din-toṣeɣ imarwan-in, kud tat-təgrawa wala.»

42 As d-oṣeɣ dagma ən šaṭ azalada, əgeɣ təwaṭray a da: «Əməli, Məššina ən məšš-i Ibrahim, təṇsaraɣ əšikəl a əgeɣ da.

43 Əmərədda ad əlle ɣur šaṭ ad aṇsəya təmawat ta du-təzragat a-di-tašašu daɣ ətəkin-net.

44 As di-təjjəwwab as:" Ašəw! amaran a-dak-əššašwa iṃənas-nak," ad-əṣṣənaɣ as ənta tanṭut ta təfrana i barar ən məšš-i.»

45 Harwa da wər əɣreda təwaṭray daɣ ṃan-in, as du-təraz Raqqiyetu, təssiwar ətəkin-net əzir-net toṣ-in šaṭ təjjojal. Oṇsayaq-qat: «Šašw-i-du, kud tarḍe.»

46 Tərrorad as di-du-təzzəl ətəkin-net, təṇṇ-i: «Ašəw, dəffər as təšwe ad-ak-aššašwa olaman-nak.» As əšwe, təššəšw-i olaman-in.

47 Assaɣa wa tat-əṣṣəstana əd wa tat-erawan, təjjəwwab-i: «Nak tabarart ən Bətuhel, rur-es ən Naxor, teraw Milka. Assaɣa di ad əge təzəbit daɣ tanjart-net, əgeɣ ilkəzan daɣ fassan-net.

48 Əssəjada y Əməli, əg̣g̣odayaɣ-as, Məššina ən məšš-i Ibrahim, a di-izazzalalaɣan s adag wa daɣ du-z-ədkəla i rur-es tabarart ən tagazay ən məšš-i.

49 Əmərədda əməlat-i kud təqbalam əs ṃan arḍanen a wa ira məšš-i. As wər ig'a di təməlam-i ad-səssəggəla s adagg iyyan.»

50 Ijjəwwab-as Laban əd Bətuhel: «A wa igi n Əməli iṃan-net daɣ a di wər nəfreg taṇṇa daɣ-as arat.

51 Raqqiyetu da, dat-ək da, idaw dər-əs. Təqqəlet tanṭut ən rures ən məšš-ik, s əmmək wa as t-iṇṇa Əməli.

52 As isla əkli n Ibrahim y awal wen, issəjad har aṃadal, ig̣g̣oday y Əməli.

53 Dəffər a wen ikkas-du daɣ lalan-net uɣənan n əzrəf d urəɣ əd təbəddaɣ ikf-en y Raqqiyetu. Ikfa amaqqar-net d anna-net šiṇufa əlanen əlqimat.

54 Itš'əkli n Ibrahim ənta əd win dər iddew, əšwan, ənṣan. As ṭufat aɣora ɣur taṇakra-nnasan iṇṇa əkli n Ibrahim y amaqqar d anna ən Raqqiyetu: «Sallamat-i ad əqqəla aɣaywan ən məšš-i.»

55 «Ad taqqam tabarart ɣur-na har tagu tamert iyyat, əḍḍəkud ən maraw aḍan, amaran taglu,» əṇṇan-as.

56 Iṇṇ-asan əkli tolas: «A di wər təsəllulem əmərədda ad iṇsar Əməli əšikəl-in. Ayyat-i ad-akka aɣaywan ən məšš-i.»

57 «Aɣratana tabarart ad-nəṣṣən a wa təṇṇa.»

58 Əɣran-du Raqqiyetu, əṣṣəstanan-tat: «Tareɣ tidawt n aləs a da?» Təṇṇa: «Awalla.»

59 Oyyan Raqqiyetu amaran əd təklit-net təddew d əkli n Ibrahim əd meddan-net.

60 Əgan albaraka-nnasan i Raqqiyetu, əṇṇan-as: «Əqqəl, kam tamaḍrayt-nana, maṣ ən giman ən giman ən meddan. Arnet əzzurriya-nnam iɣərəman win magzaran-net.»

61 Raqqiyetu əd taklaten-net əwaṇṇat olaman, əlkamnat y əkli. Təməwit a da as d-iddew əkli əd Raqqiyetu.

62 Ifal-du Isxaq aṇu ən Laxay-Roy, ihozan edag wa daɣ iɣsar daɣ aṃadal ən Negab.

63 Takəst iqqab iwilallag daɣ əṣuf, as ogga iṃənas a t-idu-zaynen.

64 Assaɣa w'ad togga Raqqiyetu Isxaq, tətaraggat-du fəl alam,

65 amaran təṣṣəstan akli: «Ma iṃos aləs wa dər za-naṃṃanay daɣ əṣuf?» «A wen məšš-i,» iṇṇ-as əkli. Amazay wen da ad təssəlsa udəm-net s əfər-net.

66 Issoɣal əkli y Isxaq a wa iga kul.

67 Dəffər a wen eway Isxaq Raqqiyetu s ahaket w'as kala tu-təha anna-nnet Sarata, təzzar izlaf-tat təqqal tanṭut-net, ir-et. Əknan ṃan-net dəffər iba n anna-nnet.

   

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3024.'That you do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites' means that the Divine Rational should not be joined to any affection incompatible with truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking a woman' as being joined by means of the marriage covenant; from the meaning of 'my son', namely Isaac, as the Lord's Divine Rational, dealt with in 1893, 2066, 2083, 2630; from the meaning of 'daughters' as affections, dealt with in 489-491, 568, 2362; and from the meaning of 'the Canaanites' as evil, dealt with in 1444, 1573, 1574. Consequently 'the daughters of the Canaanites' are affections incompatible with truth. The subject here is Divine truth which was to be allied to the Divine good of the Lord's Rational, as may be seen in 3013 under 'Contents'. 'A woman' who was to be associated by means of a marriage covenant is used to mean that truth itself which is summoned from the natural man in the normal manner. 'My son' is used to mean the Lord's Rational as regards the good with which it was to be allied or associated. From this one may recognize that the command not to take a wife for his son from the daughters of the Canaanites means that the Divine Rational should not be joined to any affection incompatible with truth. All joining of truth to good is effected by means of affection, for no truth ever enters the rational part of a person's mind or is joined to it except by means of affection, for affection has within it the good that flows from love, which good alone effects the joining together, 1895, as also anyone may know who stops to reflect on it.

[2] As regards 'the daughters of the Canaanites' meaning affections incompatible with truth, that is, affections for what is false, this becomes clear from the meaning of 'daughters'. For the noun 'daughters' occurs in many places in the Word, and in these anyone may see that it is not used to mean daughters. By such expressions as 'the daughter of Zion', 'the daughter of Jerusalem', 'the daughter of Tarshish', 'the daughter of My people', affections for good and truth are meant, as shown in the paragraphs referred to above. And since affections for good and truth are meant so also are Churches, for Churches are Churches by virtue of these affections. Consequently 'the daughter of Zion' means the celestial Church, and means this by virtue of the affection for good, whereas 'the daughter of Jerusalem' means the spiritual Church from the affection for truth, 2362. And it is the same with 'the daughter of My people' in Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 6:14, 26; 8:19, 21-22; 9:1; 14:17; Lamentations 2:11; 4:6; Ezekiel 13:17.

[3] This shows what is meant by the daughters of the nations, such as by the daughters of the Philistines, the daughters of Egypt, the daughters of Tyre and Sidon, the daughters of Edom, the daughters of Moab, the daughters of the Chaldeans and Babel, and the daughters of Sodom. They mean affections for evil and falsity, from which their varieties of religion sprang, and so mean those varieties themselves. That this is the meaning of 'daughters' becomes clear from the following places: In Ezekiel,

The daughters of the nations will lament over Egypt. Wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send her down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the lower earth, together with those who go down to the pit. Ezekiel 32:16, 18.

'The daughters of majestic nations' stands for affections for evil. In Samuel,

Tell it not in Gath; publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult. 2 Samuel 1:20.

In Ezekiel,

You committed whoredom with the sons of Egypt. I delivered you to those who hated you, the daughters of the Philistines. Before your badness was revealed, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all round about her, the daughters of the Philistines who despise you from round about. Ezekiel 16:26-27, 57.

Anyone may see that not daughters were meant here but the varieties of religion among such people as are meant by the Philistines - those who speak repeatedly of faith yet do not at all pursue the life taught by faith, see 1197, 1198. This also explains why they are called 'the uncircumcised', that is, devoid of charity.

[4] In Jeremiah,

Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! Make for yourself vessels of migration, O inhabitant daughter of Egypt. The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame; she has been delivered into the hand of the people from the north. Jeremiah 46:11, 19, 24.

'The daughter of Egypt' stands for the affection for reasoning from facts about whether truths of faith really are true, and so stands for the variety of religion which springs from this, the nature of which is to believe nothing except that grasped by the senses, and so to believe nothing of the truth of faith, see 215, 232, 233, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1385, 2196, 2203, 2209, 2568, 2588. In Isaiah,

He said, You will no more exult, O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Isaiah 23:12.

In David,

The daughter of Tyre with an offering, the rich of the people will entreat your face. Psalms 45:12.

What 'the daughter of Sidon' and 'the daughter of Tyre' mean is evident from the meaning of Sidon and Tyre, dealt with in 1201. In Jeremiah,

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom. Your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is at an end. He will no more cause you to migrate; your iniquity will be punished, O daughter of Edom. Lamentations 4:21-22.

In Isaiah,

Like a wandering bird, a scattered nest, will the daughters of Moab be. Isaiah 16:2.

In the same prophet,

Come down and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babel; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans. Sit quietly and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for no more will they call you the mistress of kingdoms. Isaiah 47:1, 5.

In Jeremiah,

A people coming from the north, arrayed as a man for war against you, O daughter of Babel. Jeremiah 50:41-42.

In the same prophet,

The daughter of Babel is like the threshing-floor; it is time to thresh her. Jeremiah 51:33

In Zechariah,

Ho, Zion! escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babel. Zechariah 2:7.

In David,

The daughter of Babel has been laid waste. Psalms 137:8.

In Ezekiel,

Your sisters, Sodom and her daughters will return to their condition as of old, and Samaria and her daughters will return to their condition as of old. Ezekiel 16:55.

[5] Anyone may see that in these places 'daughters' is not used to mean daughters but affections incompatible with truth, and so the varieties of religion that spring from them. But which particular varieties they are is evident from the meaning of those peoples - from the meaning of Edom, Moab, the Chaldeans, Babel, Sodom, Samaria, all of which have been dealt with in various places in the explanations to previous chapters of Genesis. From this what is meant in the present chapter by 'the daughters of the Canaanites' becomes clear.

[6] This command not to contract marriages with the daughters of the Canaanites also had regard to the spiritual requirements that good should not be joined to falsity, nor evil to truth, for the result of any such joining together is profanation. The prohibition was also a representative of the matter referred to in Deuteronomy 7:3, and in Malachi,

Judah has profaned the holiness of Jehovah, in that he loved and married the daughter of a foreign god. Malachi 2:11.

  
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Genesis 24

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

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

3 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.

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

5 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?"

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

7 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, 'I will give this land to your seed.' He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

8 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."

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

10 The servant took ten camels, of his master's camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master's with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

11 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.

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

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

14 Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,' and she will say, 'drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,'--let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."

15 It happened, before he had finished 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.

16 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.

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

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

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

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

21 The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not.

22 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,

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

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

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

26 The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.

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

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

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

30 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.

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

32 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.

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

34 He said, "I am Abraham's servant.

35 Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

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

37 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,

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

39 I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not follow me?'

40 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.

41 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.'

42 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--

43 behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, "Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,"

44 and she will tell me, "Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,"--let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my master's son.'

45 Before I had finished 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.'

46 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 also gave the camels a Drink.

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

48 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.

49 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."

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

51 Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has spoken."

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

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

54 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."

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

56 He said to them, "Don't hinder me, since Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."

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

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

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

60 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."

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

62 Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the South.

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

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

67 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.