28 Then athe girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

29 Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was aLaban; and Laban ran outside to the man at the spring.

30 When he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s 1wrists, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “2This is what the man said to me,” he went to the man; and behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

31 And he said, “aCome in, bblessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside since cI have prepared the house, and a place for the camels?”

32 So the man entered the house. Then 1aLaban 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.

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.”

34 So he said, “I am aAbraham’s servant.

35 “The Lord has greatly ablessed my master, so that he has become 1rich; and He has given him bflocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys.

36 “Now aSarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master 1in her old age, and bhe has given him all that he has.

37 “aMy master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I 1live;

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

39 “aI said to my master, ‘Suppose the woman does not follow me.’

40 “He said to me, ‘aThe Lord, before whom I have bwalked, will send cHis 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;

41 athen 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.’

42 “So aI 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 bsuccessful;

43 behold, aI am standing by the 1spring, and may it be that the maiden who comes out to draw, and to whom I say, “bPlease let me drink a little water from your jar”;

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.’

45 “Before I had finished aspeaking in my heart, behold, bRebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew, and cI said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’

46 “She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, ‘aDrink, and I will water your camels also’; so I drank, and she watered the camels also.

47 “aThen 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 bring on her nose, and the bracelets on her 1wrists.

48 “And I abowed low and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, bwho had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s 1kinsman for his son.

49 “So now if you are going to 1adeal 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.”

50 Then Laban and Bethuel replied, “aThe matter comes from the Lord; bso we cannot speak to you bad or good.

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.”

52 When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he abowed himself to the ground 1before the Lord.

53 The servant brought out aarticles 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.