Genesis 24:11-20

New International Version

¹¹ He had the camels kneel down near the well^(A) outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.^(B)

¹² Then he prayed, “Lord, God of my master Abraham,^(C) make me successful^(D) today, and show kindness^(E) to my master Abraham. ¹³ See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.^{(F) 14} May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink,^(G) and I’ll water your camels too’^(H)—let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac.^(I) By this I will know^(J) that you have shown kindness to my master.”

¹⁵ Before he had finished praying,^(K) Rebekah^(L) came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel^(M) son of Milkah,^(N) who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.^{(O) 16} The woman was very beautiful,^(P) a virgin;^(Q) no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.

¹⁷ The servant hurried to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.”^(R)

¹⁸ “Drink,^(S) my lord,” she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

¹⁹ After she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels^(T) too,^(U) until they have had enough to drink.” ²⁰ So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.^(V)