¹¹And when he had made the camels lie down without the town, near a well of water, in the evening, at the time when women are wont to come out to draw water, he said:

¹²O Lord, the God of my master, Abraham, meet me today, I beseech thee, and shew kindness to my master, Abraham.

¹³Behold, I stand nigh the spring of water, and the daughters of the inhabitants of this city will come out to draw water:

¹⁴Now, therefore, the maid to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher that I may drink: and she shall answer, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let it be the same whom thou hast provided for thy servant Isaac: and by this, I shall understand that thou hast shewn kindness to my master.

¹⁵He had not yet ended these words within himself, and behold Rebecca came out, the daughter of Bathuel, son of Melcha, wife to Nachor the brother of Abraham, having a pitcher on her shoulder:

¹⁶An exceeding comely maid, and a most beautiful virgin, and not known to man: and she went down to the spring, and filled her pitcher, and was coming back.

¹⁷And the servant ran to meet her, and said: Give me a little water to drink of thy pitcher.

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