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¹İbrahim günleri yönünden iyice ilerlemiş bir yaşlıydı ve Rab İbrahim'i her bakımdan kutsamıştı.

²İbrahim, evinin en kıdemli yetkilisi ve tüm varlığının yöneticisi olan uşağına, "Elini uyluğumun altına koy" dedi,

³"ve seni göğün Tanrısı ve yerin Tanrısı olan Rab'bin adıyla yeminle bağlayacağım ki, aralarında yaşamakta olduğum Kenanlıların kızlarından oğlum İshak'a bir eş almayasın.

⁴Ancak sadece benim doğduğum kendi ülkeme ve kabileme gideceksin ve oğlum İshak'a oradan bir eş alacaksın."

⁵Uşak ona, "Belki kadın bu ülkeye benim arkamdan gelmek istemez; senin oğlunu oradan çıktığın ülkeye geri döndüreyim mi?" dedi.

⁶İbrahim ona, "Kendine dikkat et, oğlumu sakın oraya geri döndürme" dedi.

⁷"Beni babamın evinden ve doğduğum ülkeden alan, bana konuşan ve 'Bu ülkeyi sana ve senin soyuna vereceğim' diye ant içen göğün Tanrısı ve yerin Tanrısı olan Rab, kendi meleğini senin önünden gönderecektir; ve oğlum için oradan bir eş alacaksın.

⁸Eğer kadın seninle bu ülkeye gelmek istemezse, bu yeminimden muaf kalırsın; yeter ki oğlumu oraya geri döndürme."

⁹Bunun üzerine uşak, elini efendisi İbrahim'in uyluğunun altına koydu ve bu söz üzerine ona ant içti.

¹⁰Ve uşak, efendisinin develerinden on deve aldı ve efendisinin her türlü iyi malını yanına alarak yola çıktı; Mezopotamya'ya, Nahor'un kentine gitti.

¹¹Akşamüstü, kadınların su çekmeye çıktıkları sırada, develeri kentin dışındaki su kuyusunun yanında dinlendirip yatırdı.

¹²Ve şöyle dedi: "Efendim İbrahim'in Tanrısı Rab, bugün önümdeki yolu düzle ve efendim İbrahim'e merhamet göster.

¹³İşte, ben su pınarının başında duruyorum ve kent halkının kızları su çekmeye geliyorlar.

¹⁴Öyle olsun ki, kendisine 'Testini eğ de içeyim' diyeceğim genç kız, 'İç, develerine de su vereyim, onlar içmeyi bitirene kadar' derse, kulun İshak için belirlediğin kız o olsun; efendim İbrahim'e merhamet gösterdiğini bundan anlayayım."

¹⁵O daha zihninden konuşmasını bitirmeden, İbrahim'in kardeşi Nahor'un karısı Milka'nın oğlu Betuel'in doğurduğu Rebeka, omzunda testisiyle çıkageldi.

¹⁶Genç kızın görünüşü çok güzeldi; o bir bakireydi, hiçbir erkek onu bilmemişti. Pınara indi, testisini doldurup yukarı çıktı.

¹⁷Uşak onu karşılamak için koştu ve "Lütfen testinden bana biraz su içir" dedi.

¹⁸Kız, "İç, efendim" dedi ve hemen testisini ön kolunun üzerine indirip o içmeyi bitirene kadar ona su verdi.

¹⁹Ona su vermeyi bitirince, "Develerin için de hepsi içene kadar su çekeceğim" dedi.

²⁰Ve hemen testisini yalağa boşalttı, tekrar su çekmek için kuyuya koştu ve tüm develer için su çekti.

²¹Adam ise, Rab'bin yolunu başarılı kılıp kılmadığını anlamak için sessizce onu dikkatle inceliyordu.

²²Develerin hepsi içmeyi bitirince, adam kıza bir drahmi ağırlığında altın bir burun halkası ve kolları için on altın ağırlığında iki bilezik verdi.

²³Ve "Sen kimin kızısın? Bana söyle, babanın evinde konaklamamız için yer var mı?" diye sordu.

²⁴Kız ona, "Ben, Milka'nın Nahor'a doğurduğu oğlu Betuel'in kızıyım" dedi.

²⁵Ve ona ekledi: "Bizde hem saman hem de bolca yem var, konaklamak için de yerimiz mevcuttur."

²⁶Adam hoşnutlukla eğilip Rab'be tapındı,

²⁷ve şöyle dedi: "Efendim İbrahim'in Tanrısı Rab'be övgüler olsun; O, efendimden doğruluğunu ve sadakatini esirgemedi. Rab beni doğruca efendimin kardeşinin evine ulaştırdı."

²⁸Genç kız koşup annesinin evindekilere bu olanları anlattı.

²⁹Rebeka'nın Laban adında bir kardeşi vardı; Laban dışarıya, pınarın başındaki adama doğru koştu.

³⁰Kız kardeşinin ellerindeki halkayı ve bilezikleri gördüğünde ve kız kardeşi Rebeka'nın, "Adam bana böyle söyledi" dediğini işittiğinde, pınarın başında develerin yanında duran adamın yanına gitti.

³¹Ve ona, "İçeri gir, ey Rab'bin kutsadığı kişi! Neden dışarıda duruyorsun? Ben evi ve develer için yeri hazırladım" dedi.

³²Adam eve girdi; develerin yükünü indirdi, develere saman ve yem verdi; onun ve yanındaki adamların ayaklarını yıkamak için su getirdi.

³³Önlerine yemek koydu; fakat adam, "Söyleyeceklerimi söylemeden yemek yemem" dedi. Onlar da "Konuş" dediler.

³⁴Şöyle dedi: "Ben İbrahim'in uşağıyım.

³⁵Rab efendimi çok kutsadı ve o yüceldi; ona davarlar, sığırlar, gümüş, altın, köleler, cariyeler, develer ve eşekler verdi.

³⁶Efendimin karısı Sara, yaşlandıktan sonra efendime bir oğul doğurdu ve efendim sahip olduğu her şeyi ona verdi.

³⁷Efendim bana ant içtirip şöyle dedi: 'Aralarında yabancı olarak yaşadığım Kenanlıların kızlarından oğlum için eş almayacaksın.

³⁸Ancak babamın evine ve kabilemin yanına gideceksin ve oğlum için oradan bir eş alacaksın.'

³⁹Ben de efendime, 'Belki kadın benimle gelmez' dedim.

⁴⁰O da bana, 'Huzurunda yürüdüğüm Rab, kendi meleğini seninle gönderecek, yolunu başarılı kılacaktır; ve oğlum için benim kabilemden ve babamın evinden bir eş alacaksın' dedi.

⁴¹'Ancak kabilemin yanına gittiğinde ve onlar kızı sana vermediklerinde bu lanetimden muaf kalırsın; o zaman yeminimden sorumlu olmazsın.'

⁴²Bugün pınarın başına geldiğimde şöyle dedim: 'Efendim İbrahim'in Tanrısı Rab, eğer şu anda yürümekte olduğum yolumu başarılı kılıyorsan,

⁴³işte ben su pınarının yanında duruyorum; kent halkının kızları su çekmeye çıktığında, kendisine "Testinden bana biraz su ver de içeyim" diyeceğim genç kız,

⁴⁴bana "Hem sen iç hem de develerin için su çekeyim" derse, Rab'bin kendi hizmetkarı İshak için belirlediği kadın o olsun; efendim İbrahim'e merhamet gösterdiğini bundan anlayayım.'

⁴⁵Ben daha zihnimden konuşmamı bitirmeden, Rebeka omzunda testisiyle çıkageldi; pınara inip su çekti. Ben de ona, 'Bana su ver' dedim.

⁴⁶O da hemen testisini ön kolunun üzerine indirip, 'Sen iç, develerine de su vereyim' dedi; ben de içtim, develere de su verdi.

⁴⁷Ona, 'Sen kimin kızısın? Bana söyle' diye sordum. O da, 'Milka'nın Nahor'a doğurduğu oğlu Betuel'in kızıyım' dedi. Bunun üzerine halkayı burnuna, bilezikleri de kollarına taktım.

⁴⁸Ve hoşnutlukla eğilip Rab'be tapındım; efendimin oğluna, efendimin kardeşinin kızını almam için beni hakikat yolunda başarılı kılan efendim İbrahim'in Tanrısı Rab'bi övdüm.

⁴⁹Şimdi, eğer efendime merhamet ve doğruluk gösterecekseniz bana bildirin; göstermeyecekseniz yine bildirin ki, ben de sağa ya da sola yöneleyim."

⁵⁰Laban ve Betuel yanıtlayıp şöyle dediler: "Bu buyruk Rab'den çıkmıştır; biz sana iyi ya da kötü bir şey söyleyemeyiz.

⁵¹İşte Rebeka önünde; onu al ve git. Rab'bin buyurduğu gibi, efendinin oğluna eş olsun."

⁵²İbrahim'in uşağı bu sözleri işitince, yere kapanarak Rab'be tapındı.

⁵³Sonra uşak gümüş ve altın eşyalar, giysiler çıkarıp Rebeka'ya verdi; kardeşine ve annesine de değerli armağanlar sundu.

⁵⁴Kendisi ve yanındaki adamlar yiyip içtiler ve geceyi orada geçirdiler. Sabah kalktıklarında uşak, "Beni gönderin de efendime döneyim" dedi.

⁵⁵Kızın kardeşi ve annesi, "Genç kız bizimle bir on gün kadar kalsın, sonra gider" dediler.

⁵⁶Fakat adam onlara, "Beni geciktirmeyin, mademki Rab yolumu başarılı kıldı; beni gönderin de efendime döneyim" dedi.

⁵⁷Onlar da, "Genç kızı çağıralım ve doğrudan onun ağzından duyalım" dediler.

⁵⁸Rebeka’yı çağırıp, "Bu adamla gider misin?" diye sordular. O da, "Giderim" dedi.

⁵⁹Böylece kız kardeşleri Rebeka’yı, onun mallarını, İbrahim’in uşağını ve adamlarını uğurladılar.

⁶⁰Rebeka’yı kutsayarak ona şöyle dediler: "Kız kardeşimizsin; binlerce on binlere ulaşasın ve soyun düşmanlarının kentlerini mülk edinsin."

⁶¹Rebeka ve hizmetçi kızları kalkıp develere bindiler ve adamın ardınca gittiler. Uşak da Rebeka’yı alıp yola çıktı.

⁶²İshak ise güney bölgesinde yaşıyordu ve "Görüm Kuyusu" yolundan geçmekteydi.

⁶³Akşamüstü İshak düşüncelere dalmak için kıra çıkmıştı; gözlerini kaldırıp baktığında develerin gelmekte olduğunu gördü.

⁶⁴Rebeka da gözlerini kaldırıp İshak’ı gördü ve deveden aşağı hızla indi.

⁶⁵Uşağa, "Kırda bizi karşılamak için yürüyen şu adam kim?" diye sordu. Uşak, "O benim efendimdir" dedi. Bunun üzerine Rebeka peçesini alıp örtündü.

⁶⁶Uşak, yaptığı her şeyi İshak’a anlattı.

⁶⁷İshak, Rebeka’yı annesi Sara’nın çadırına götürdü; onu eşi olarak aldı ve onu sevdi. Böylece İshak, annesi Sara’nın ölümünden sonra teselli edildi.

¹ΚΑΙ ῾Αβραὰμ ἦν πρεσβύτερος προβεβηκὼς ἡμερῶν, καὶ ὁ Κύριος ηὐλόγησε τὸν ῾Αβραὰμ κατὰ πάντα.

²καὶ εἶπεν ῾Αβραὰμ τῷ παιδὶ αὐτοῦ τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ τῷ ἄρχοντι πάντων τῶν αὐτοῦ· θὲς τὴν χεῖρά σου ὑπὸ τὸν μηρόν μου,

³καὶ ἐξορκιῶ σε Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τὸν Θεὸν τῆς γῆς, ἵνα μὴ λάβῃς γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου ᾿Ισαὰκ ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τῶν Χαναναίων, μεθ᾿ ὧν ἐγὼ οἰκῶ ἐν αὐτοῖς,

⁴ἀλλ᾿ ἢ εἰς τὴν γῆν μου, οὗ ἐγεννήθην, πορεύσῃ καὶ εἰς τὴν φυλήν μου καὶ λήψῃ γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου ᾿Ισαὰκ ἐκεῖθεν.

⁵εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ παῖς· μή ποτε οὐ βούληται ἡ γυνὴ πορευθῆναι μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ ὀπίσω εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην· ἀποστρέψω τὸν υἱόν σου εἰς τὴν γῆν, ὅθεν ἐξῆλθες ἐκεῖθεν;

⁶εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ῾Αβραάμ· πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ, μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸν υἱόν μου ἐκεῖ.

⁷Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ὁ Θεὸς τῆς γῆς, ὃς ἔλαβέ με ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός μου καὶ ἐκ τῆς γῆς, ἧς ἐγεννήθην, ὃς ἐλάλησέ μοι καὶ ὃς ὤμοσέ μοι λέγων· σοὶ δώσω τὴν γῆν ταύτην καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου, αὐτὸς ἀποστελεῖ τὸν ἄγγελον αὐτοῦ ἔμπροσθέν σου. καὶ λήψῃ γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου ἐκεῖθεν.

⁸ἐὰν δὲ μὴ θέλῃ ἡ γυνὴ πορευθῆναι μετὰ σοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην, καθαρὸς ἔσῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὅρκου μου· μόνον τὸν υἱόν μου μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς ἐκεῖ.

⁹καὶ ἔθηκεν ὁ παῖς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ τὸν μηρὸν ῾Αβραὰμ τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ περὶ τοῦ ρήματος τούτου.

¹⁰Καὶ ἔλαβεν ὁ παῖς δέκα καμήλους ἀπὸ τῶν καμήλων τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἀγαθῶν τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ μεθ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἀναστὰς ἐπορεύθη εἰς τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν Ναχώρ.

¹¹καὶ ἐκοίμισε τὰς καμήλους ἔξω τῆς πόλεως παρὰ τὸ φρέαρ τοῦ ὕδατος τὸ πρὸς ὀψέ, ἡνίκα ἐκπορεύονται αἱ ὑδρευόμεναι.

¹²καὶ εἶπε· Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ κυρίου μου ῾Αβραάμ, εὐόδωσον ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ σήμερον καὶ ποίησον ἔλεος μετὰ τοῦ κυρίου μου ῾Αβραάμ.

¹³ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἕστηκα ἐπὶ τῆς πηγῆς τοῦ ὕδατος, αἱ δὲ θυγατέρες τῶν οἰκούντων τὴν πόλιν ἐκπορεύονται ἀντλῆσαι ὕδωρ,

¹⁴καὶ ἔσται ἡ παρθένος, ᾗ ἂν ἐγὼ εἴπω, ἐπίκλινον τὴν ὑδρίαν σου, ἵνα πίω, καὶ εἴπῃ μοι, πίε σύ, καὶ τὰς καμήλους σου ποτιῶ, ἕως ἂν παύσωνται πίνουσαι, ταύτην ἡτοίμασας τῷ παιδί σου τῷ ᾿Ισαάκ, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ γνώσομαι ὅτι ἐποίησας ἔλεος μετὰ τοῦ κυρίου μου ῾Αβραάμ.

¹⁵καὶ ἐγένετο πρὸ τοῦ συντελέσαι αὐτὸν λαλοῦντα ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ Ρεβέκκα ἐξεπορεύετο ἡ τεχθεῖσα Βαθουήλ, υἱῷ Μελχὰς τῆς γυναικὸς Ναχώρ, ἀδελφοῦ δὲ ῾Αβραάμ, ἔχουσα τὴν ὑδρίαν ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων αὐτῆς.

¹⁶ἡ δὲ παρθένος ἦν καλὴ τῇ ὄψει σφόδρα· παρθένος ἦν, ἀνὴρ οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτήν. καταβᾶσα δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν πηγὴν ἔπλησε τὴν ὑδρίαν αὐτῆς καὶ ἀνέβη.

¹⁷ἐπέδραμε δὲ ὁ παῖς εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτῆς καὶ εἶπε· πότισόν με μικρὸν ὕδωρ ἐκ τῆς ὑδρίας σου.

¹⁸ἡ δὲ εἶπε· πίε, κύριε. καὶ ἔσπευσε καὶ καθεῖλε τὴν ὑδρίαν ἐπὶ τὸν βραχίονα αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπότισεν αὐτόν, ἕως ἐπαύσατο πίνων.

¹⁹καὶ εἶπε· καὶ ταῖς καμήλοις σου ὑδρεύσομαι, ἕως ἂν πᾶσαι πίωσι.

²⁰καὶ ἔσπευσε καὶ ἐξεκένωσε τὴν ὑδρίαν εἰς τὸ ποτιστήριον καὶ ἔδραμεν ἐπὶ τὸ φρέαρ ἀντλῆσαι πάλιν καὶ ὑδρεύσατο πάσαις ταῖς καμήλοις.

²¹ὁ δὲ ἄνθρωπος κατεμάνθανεν αὐτὴν καὶ παρεσιώπα τοῦ γνῶναι, εἰ εὐώδωκε Κύριος τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ ἢ οὔ.

²²ἐγένετο δέ, ἡνίκα ἐπαύσαντο πᾶσαι αἱ κάμηλοι πίνουσαι, ἔλαβεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐνώτια χρυσᾶ ἀνὰ δραχμὴν ὁλκῆς καὶ δύο ψέλλια ἐπὶ τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῆς, δέκα χρυσῶν ὁλκὴ αὐτῶν.

²³καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτὴν καὶ εἶπε· θυγάτηρ τίνος εἶ; ἀνάγγειλόν μοι, εἰ ἔστι παρὰ τῷ πατρί σου τόπος ἡμῖν τοῦ καταλῦσαι.

²⁴ἡ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· θυγάτηρ Βαθουήλ εἰμι τοῦ Μελχάς, ὃν ἔτεκε τῷ Ναχώρ.

²⁵καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· καὶ ἄχυρα καὶ χορτάσματα πολλὰ παρ᾿ ἡμῖν καὶ τόπος τοῦ καταλῦσαι.

²⁶καὶ εὐδοκήσας ὁ ἄνθρωπος προσεκύνησε τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ εἶπεν·

²⁷εὐλογητὸς Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ κυρίου μου ῾Αβραάμ, ὃς οὐκ ἐγκατέλιπε τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου μου· ἐμέ τε εὐώδωκε Κύριος εἰς οἶκον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τοῦ κυρίου μου.

²⁸Καὶ δραμοῦσα ἡ παῖς ἀνήγγειλεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τῆς μητρὸς αὐτῆς κατὰ τὰ ρήματα ταῦτα.

²⁹τῇ δὲ Ρεβέκκᾳ ἀδελφὸς ἦν ᾧ ὄνομα Λάβαν· καὶ ἔδραμε Λάβαν πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἔξω ἐπὶ τὴν πηγήν.

³⁰καὶ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα εἶδε τὰ ἐνώτια καὶ τὰ ψέλλια ἐν ταῖς χερσὶ τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ὅτε ἤκουσε τὰ ρήματα Ρεβέκκας τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτοῦ λεγούσης· οὕτω λελάληκέ μοι ὁ ἄνθρωπος, καὶ ἦλθε πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἑστηκότος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν καμήλων ἐπὶ τῆς πηγῆς

³¹καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· δεῦρο εἴσελθε· εὐλογητὸς Κυρίου· ἱνατί ἕστηκας ἔξω; ἐγὼ δὲ ἡτοίμασα τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ τόπον ταῖς καμήλοις.

³²εἰσῆλθε δὲ ὁ ἄνθρωπος εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ ἀπέσαξε τὰς καμήλους καὶ ἔδωκεν ἄχυρα καὶ χορτάσματα ταῖς καμήλοις καὶ ὕδωρ νίψασθαι τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ποσὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

³³καὶ παρέθηκεν αὐτοῖς ἄρτους φαγεῖν. καὶ εἶπεν· οὐ μὴ φάγω, ἕως τοῦ λαλῆσαί με τὰ ρήματά μου. καὶ εἶπαν· λάλησον.

³⁴Καὶ εἶπε· παῖς ῾Αβραὰμ ἐγώ εἰμι.

³⁵Κύριος δὲ ηὐλόγησε τὸν κύριόν μου σφόδρα, καὶ ὑψώθη· καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ πρόβατα καὶ μόσχους καὶ ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον, παῖδας καὶ παιδίσκας, καμήλους καὶ ὄνους.

³⁶καὶ ἔτεκε Σάρρα ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ κυρίου μου υἱὸν ἕνα τῷ κυρίῳ μου μετὰ τὸ γηράσαι αὐτόν, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὅσα ἦν αὐτῷ.

³⁷καὶ ὥρκισέ με ὁ κύριός μου, λέγων· οὐ λήψῃ γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τῶν Χαναναίων, ἐν οἷς ἐγὼ παροικῶ ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν,

³⁸ἀλλ᾿ ἢ εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου πορεύσῃ καὶ εἰς τὴν φυλήν μου καὶ λήψῃ γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου ἐκεῖθεν.

³⁹εἶπα δὲ τῷ κυρίῳ μου· μήποτε οὐ πορεύσεται ἡ γυνὴ μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ.

⁴⁰καὶ εἶπέ μοι· Κύριος ὁ Θεός, ᾧ εὐηρέστησα ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, αὐτὸς ἐξαποστελεῖ τὸν ἄγγελον αὐτοῦ μετὰ σοῦ καὶ εὐοδώσει τὴν ὁδόν σου, καὶ λήψῃ γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς μου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός μου.

⁴¹τότε ἀθῷος ἔσῃ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρᾶς μου· ἡνίκα γὰρ ἐὰν ἔλθῃς εἰς τὴν φυλήν μου καὶ μή σοι δῶσι, καὶ ἔσῃ ἀθῷος ἀπὸ τοῦ ὁρκισμοῦ μου.

⁴²καὶ ἐλθὼν σήμερον ἐπὶ τὴν πηγὴν εἶπα· Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ κυρίου μου ῾Αβραάμ, εἰ σὺ εὐοδοῖς τὴν ὁδόν μου, ἐν ᾗ νῦν ἐγὼ πορεύομαι ἐν αὐτῇ,

⁴³ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐφέστηκα ἐπὶ τῆς πηγῆς τοῦ ὕδατος, καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες τῶν ἀνθρώπων τῆς πόλεως ἐκπορεύονται ἀντλῆσαι ὕδωρ, καὶ ἔσται ἡ παρθένος, ᾗ ἂν ἐγὼ εἴπω, πότισόν με ἐκ τῆς ὑδρίας σου μικρὸν ὕδωρ,

⁴⁴καὶ εἴπῃ μοι, καὶ σὺ πίε καὶ ταῖς καμήλοις σου ὑδρεύσομαι, αὕτη ἡ γυνή, ἣν ἡτοίμασε Κύριος τῷ ἑαυτοῦ θεράποντι ᾿Ισαάκ, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ γνώσομαι, ὅτι πεποίηκας ἔλεος τῷ κυρίῳ μου ῾Αβραάμ.

⁴⁵καὶ ἐγένετο πρὸ τοῦ συντελέσαι με λαλοῦντα ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ μου, εὐθὺς Ρεβέκκα ἐξεπορεύετο ἔχουσα τὴν ὑδρίαν ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων καὶ κατέβη ἐπὶ τὴν πηγὴν καὶ ὑδρεύσατο. εἶπα δὲ αὐτῇ· πότισόν με.

⁴⁶καί σπεύσασα καθεῖλε τὴν ὑδρίαν ἐπὶ τὸν βραχίονα αὐτῆς ἀφ᾿ ἑαυτῆς καὶ εἶπε· πίε σύ, καὶ τὰς καμήλους σου ποτιῶ. καὶ ἔπιον καὶ τὰς καμήλους ἐπότισε.

⁴⁷καὶ ἠρώτησα αὐτήν· καὶ εἶπα· θυγάτηρ τίνος εἶ; ἀνάγγειλόν μοι. ἡ δὲ ἔφη· θυγάτηρ Βαθουήλ εἰμι τοῦ υἱοῦ Ναχώρ, ὃν ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ Μελχά. καὶ περιέθηκα αὐτῇ τὰ ἐνώτια καί τὰ ψέλλια περὶ τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῆς·

⁴⁸καὶ εὐδοκήσας προσεκύνησα τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ εὐλόγησα Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν τοῦ κυρίου μου ῾Αβραάμ, ὃς εὐώδωσέ με ἐν ὁδῷ ἀληθείας, λαβεῖν τὴν θυγατέρα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τοῦ κυρίου μου τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ.

⁴⁹εἰ οὖν ποιεῖτε ὑμεῖς ἔλεος καὶ δικαιοσύνην πρὸς τὸν κύριόν μου, ἀπαγγείλατέ μοι, εἰ δὲ μή, ἀπαγγείλατέ μοι, ἵνα ἐπιστρέψω εἰς δεξιὰν ἢ ἀριστεράν.

⁵⁰᾿Αποκριθεὶς δὲ Λάβαν καὶ Βαθουὴλ εἶπαν· παρὰ Κυρίου ἐξῆλθε τὸ πρόσταγμα τοῦτο· οὐ δυνησόμεθα οὖν σοι ἀντειπεῖν κακὸν ἢ καλόν.

⁵¹ἰδοὺ Ρεβέκκα ἐνώπιόν σου· λαβὼν ἀπότρεχε. καὶ ἔστω γυνὴ τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ κυρίου σου, καθὰ ἐλάλησε Κύριος.

⁵²ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαι τὸν παῖδα τοῦ ῾Αβραὰμ τῶν ρημάτων τούτων, προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τῷ Κυρίῳ.

⁵³καὶ ἐξενέγκας ὁ παῖς σκεύη ἀργυρᾶ καὶ χρυσᾶ καὶ ἱματισμὸν ἔδωκε τῇ Ρεβέκκᾳ καὶ δῶρα ἔδωκε τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτῆς καὶ τῇ μητρὶ αὐτῆς.

⁵⁴καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ὄντες, καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν. Καὶ ἀναστὰς τὸ πρωΐ εἶπεν· ἐκπέμψατέ με, ἵνα ἀπέλθω πρὸς τὸν κύριόν μου.

⁵⁵εἶπαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῆς καὶ ἡ μήτηρ· μεινάτω ἡ παρθένος μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν ἡμέρας ὡσεὶ δέκα, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπελεύσεται.

⁵⁶ὁ δὲ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· μὴ κατέχετέ με, καὶ Κύριος εὐώδωσε τὴν ὁδόν μου ἐν ἐμοί· ἐκπέμψατέ με, ἵνα ἀπέλθω πρὸς τὸν κύριόν μου.

⁵⁷οἱ δὲ εἶπαν· καλέσωμεν τὴν παῖδα καὶ ἐρωτήσωμεν τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς.

⁵⁸καὶ ἐκάλεσαν τὴν Ρεβέκκαν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῇ· πορεύσῃ μετὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τούτου; ἡ δὲ εἶπε· πορεύσομαι.

⁵⁹καὶ ἐξέπεμψαν Ρεβέκκαν τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῆς καὶ τὸν παῖδα τοῦ ῾Αβραὰμ καὶ τοὺς μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

⁶⁰καὶ εὐλόγησαν Ρεβέκκαν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῇ· ἀδελφὴ ἡμῶν εἶ· γίνου εἰς χιλιάδας μυριάδων, καὶ κληρονομησάτω τὸ σπέρμα σου τὰς πόλεις τῶν ὑπεναντίων.

⁶¹ἀναστᾶσα δὲ Ρεβέκκα καὶ αἱ ἅβραι αὐτῆς, ἐπέβησαν ἐπὶ τὰς καμήλους καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν μετὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ ἀναλαβὼν ὁ παῖς τὴν Ρεβέκκαν ἀπῆλθεν.

⁶²᾿Ισαὰκ δὲ διεπορεύετο διὰ τῆς ἐρήμου κατὰ τὸ φρέαρ τῆς ὁράσεως· αὐτὸς δὲ κατώκει ἐν τῇ γῇ τῇ πρὸς λίβα.

⁶³καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ᾿Ισαὰκ ἀδολεσχῆσαι εἰς τὸ πεδίον τὸ πρὸς δείλης καὶ ἀναβλέψας τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ εἶδε καμήλους ἐρχομένας.

⁶⁴καὶ ἀναβλέψασα Ρεβέκκα τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς εἶδε τὸν ᾿Ισαὰκ καὶ κατεπήδησεν ἀπὸ τῆς καμήλου.

⁶⁵καὶ εἶπε τῷ παιδί· τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος ὁ πορευόμενος ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ εἰς συνάντησιν ἡμῖν; εἶπε δὲ ὁ παῖς· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κύριός μου. ἡ δὲ λαβοῦσα τὸ θέριστρον περιεβάλετο.

⁶⁶καὶ διηγήσατο ὁ παῖς τῷ ᾿Ισαὰκ πάντα τὰ ρήματα, ἃ ἐποίησεν.

⁶⁷εἰσῆλθε δὲ ᾿Ισαὰκ εἰς τὸν οἶκον τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλαβε τὴν Ρεβέκκαν, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ γυνή, καὶ ἠγάπησεν αὐτήν· καὶ παρεκλήθη ᾿Ισαὰκ περὶ Σάρρας τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ.

¹AND Abraam was old, advanced in days, and the Lord blessed Abraam in all things.

²And Abraam said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put thy hand under my thigh,

³and I will adjure thee by the Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Chananites, with whom I dwell, in the midst of them.

⁴But thou shalt go instead to my country, where I was born, and to my tribe, and thou shalt take from thence a wife for my son Isaac.

⁵And the servant said to him, Shall I carry back thy son to the land whence thou camest forth, if haply the woman should not be willing to return with me to this land?

⁶And Abraam said to him, Take heed to thyself that thou carry not my son back thither.

⁷The Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, who took me out of my father's house, and out of the land whence I sprang, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, I will give this land to thee and to thy seed, he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife to my son from thence.

⁸And if the woman should not be willing to come with thee into this land, thou shalt be clear from my oath, only carry not my son thither again.

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

¹⁰And the servant took ten camels of his master's camels, and [he took] of all the goods of his master with him, and he arose and went into Mesopotamia to the city of Nachor.

¹¹And he rested his camels without the city by the well of water towards evening, when damsels go forth to draw water.

¹²And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraam, prosper my way before me to day, and deal mercifully with my master Abraam.

¹³Lo! I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of them that inhabit the city come forth to draw water.

¹⁴And it shall be, the virgin to whomsoever I shall say, Incline thy water-pot, that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink thou, and I will give thy camels drink, until they shall have done drinking-- even this one thou hast prepared for thy servant Isaac, and hereby shall I know that thou hast dealt mercifully with my master Abraam.

¹⁵And it came to pass before he had done speaking in his mind, that behold, Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel, the son of Melcha, the wife of Nachor, and [the same] the brother of Abraam, came forth, having a water-pot on her shoulders.

¹⁶And the virgin was very beautiful in appearance, she was a virgin, a man had not known her; and she went down to the well, and filled her water-pot, and came up.

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

¹⁸and she said, Drink, Sir; and she hasted, and let down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him to drink, till he ceased drinking.

¹⁹And she said, I will also draw water for thy camels, till they shall all have drunk.

²⁰And she hasted, and emptied the water-pot into the trough, and ran to the well to draw again, and drew water for all the camels.

²¹And the man took great notice of her, and remained silent to know whether the Lord had made his way prosperous or not.

²²And it came to pass when all the camels ceased drinking, that the man took golden ear-rings, each of a drachm weight, and he [put] two bracelets on her hands, their weight was ten pieces of gold.

²³And he asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me if there is room for us to lodge with thy father.

²⁴And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bathuel the son of Melcha, whom she bore to Nachor.

²⁵And she said to him, We have both straw and much provender, and a place for resting.

²⁶And the man being well pleased, worshipped the Lord,

²⁷and said, Blessed be the Lord the God of my master Abraam, who has not suffered his righteousness to fail, nor his truth from my master, and the Lord has brought me prosperously to the house of the brother of my lord.

²⁸And the damsel ran and reported to the house of her mother according to these words.

²⁹And Rebecca had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran out to meet the man, to the well.

³⁰And it came to pass when he saw the ear-rings and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of Rebecca his sister, saying, Thus the man spoke to me, that he went to the man, as he stood by the camels at the well.

³¹And he said to him, Come in hither, thou blessed of the Lord, why standest thou without, whereas I have prepared the house and a place for the camels?

³²And the man entered into the house, and unloaded the camels, and gave the camels straw and provender, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were with him.

³³And he set before them loaves to eat; but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on.

³⁴And he said, I am a servant of Abraam;

³⁵and the Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he is exalted, and he has given him sheep, and calves, and silver, and gold, servants and servant-maids, camels, and asses.

³⁶And Sarrha my master's wife bore one son to my master after he had grown old; and he gave him whatever he had.

³⁷And my master caused me to swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Chananites, among whom I sojourn in their land.

³⁸But thou shalt go to the house of my father, and to my tribe, and thou shalt take thence a wife for my son.

³⁹And I said to my master, Haply the woman will not go with me.

⁴⁰And he said to me, The Lord God to whom I have been acceptable in his presence, himself shall send out his angel with thee, and shall prosper thy journey, and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my tribe, and of the house of my father.

⁴¹Then shalt thou be clear from my curse, for whensoever thou shalt have come to my tribe, and they shall not give her to thee, then shalt thou be clear from my oath.

⁴²And having come this day to the well, I said, Lord God of my master Abraam, if thou prosperest my journey on which I am now going,

⁴³behold, I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water, and it shall be [that] the damsel to whom I shall say, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher,

⁴⁴and she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will draw water for thy camels, this [shall be] the wife whom the Lord has prepared for his own servant Isaac; and hereby shall I know that thou hast wrought mercy with my master Abraam.

⁴⁵And it came to pass before I had done speaking in my mind, straightway Rebecca came forth, having her pitcher on her shoulders; and she went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to her, Give me to drink.

⁴⁶And she hasted and let down her pitcher on her arm from her head, and said, Drink thou, and I will give thy camels drink; and I drank, and she gave the camels drink.

⁴⁷And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me; and she said, I am daughter of Bathuel the son of Nachor, whom Melcha bore to him; and I put on her the earrings, and the bracelets on her hands.

⁴⁸And being well-pleased I worshipped the Lord, and I blessed the Lord the God of my master Abraam, who has prospered me in a true way, so that I should take the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

⁴⁹If then ye [will] deal mercifully and justly with my lord, [tell me], and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.

⁵⁰And Laban and Bathuel answered and said, This matter has come forth from the Lord, we shall not be able to answer thee bad or good.

⁵¹Behold, Rebecca is before thee, take her and go away, and let her be wife to the son of thy master, as the Lord has said.

⁵²And it came to pass when the servant of Abraam heard these words, he bowed himself to the Lord down to the earth.

⁵³And the servant having brought forth jewels of silver and gold and raiment, gave them to Rebecca, and gave gifts to her brother, and to her mother.

⁵⁴And both he and the men with him ate and drank and went to sleep. And he arose in the morning and said, Send me away, that I may go to my master.

⁵⁵And her brethren and her mother said, Let the virgin remain with us about ten days, and after that she shall depart.

⁵⁶But he said to them, Hinder me not, for the Lord has prospered my journey for me; send me away, that I may depart to my master.

⁵⁷And they said, Let us call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.

⁵⁸And they called Rebecca, and said to her, Wilt thou go with this man? and she said, I will go.

⁵⁹So they sent forth Rebecca their sister, and her goods, and the servant of Abraam, and his attendants.

⁶⁰And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and let thy seed possess the cities of their enemies.

⁶¹And Rebecca rose up and her maidens, and they mounted the camels and went with the man; and the servant having taken up Rebecca, departed.

⁶²And Isaac went through the wilderness to the well of the vision, and he dwelt in the land toward the south.

⁶³And Isaac went forth into the plain toward evening to meditate; and having lifted up his eyes, he saw camels coming.

⁶⁴And Rebecca lifted up her eyes, and saw Isaac; and she alighted briskly from the camel,

⁶⁵and said to the servant, Who is that man that walks in the plain to meet us? And the servant said, This is my master; and she took her veil and covered herself.

⁶⁶And the servant told Isaac all that he had done.

⁶⁷And Isaac went into the house of his mother, and took Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted for Sarrha his mother.