16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and
hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of
the heaven, and as the sand which isupon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of
his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my
voice.
19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba;
and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she
hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24 And his concubine, whose name wasReumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash,
and Maachah.
1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these werethe years of the life of
Sarah.
2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same isHebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to
mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4 I ama stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you,
that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6 Hear us, my lord: thou arta mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy
dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, evento the children of
Heth.
8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my
sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which isin the end of his field;
for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst
you.
10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in
the audience of the children of Heth, evenof all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that istherein, I give it thee; in the
presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt
give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take itof me, and I will bury
my dead there.
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worthfour hundred shekels of silver; what isthat
betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he
had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money
with the merchant.
17 And the field of Ephron, which wasin Machpelah, which wasbefore Mamre, the field, and the
cave which wastherein, and all the trees that werein the field, that werein all the borders

round about, were made sure
18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went
in at the gate of his city.
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before
Mamre: the same isHebron in the land of Canaan.
20 And the field, and the cave that istherein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of
a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
1 And Abraham was old, andwell stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all
things.
2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I
pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou
shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto
this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my
kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this
land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my
oath: only bring not my son thither again.
9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him
concerning that matter.
10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods
of his master werein his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the
evening, eventhe time that women go out to draw water.
12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day,
and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
13 Behold, I stand hereby the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out
to draw water:
14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray
thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the
same beshe thatthou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou
hast shewed kindness unto my master.
15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was
born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her
shoulder.
16 And the damsel wasvery fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she
went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy
pitcher.
18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and
gave him drink.
19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw waterfor thy camels also,
until they have done drinking.
20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw
water, and drew for all his camels.

21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey
prosperous or not.
22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of
half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekelsweight of gold;
23 And said, Whose daughter artthou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room inthy father's house
for us to lodge in?
24 And she said unto him, I amthe daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto
Nahor.
25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
27 And he said, Blessed bethe LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my
master of his mercy and his truth: I beingin the way, the LORD led me to the house of my
master's brethren.
28 And the damsel ran, and told them ofher mother's house these things.
29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name wasLaban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the
well.
30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and
when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he
came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have
prepared the house, and room for the camels.
32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender
for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that werewith him.
33 And there was set meatbefore him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine
errand. And he said, Speak on.
34 And he said, I amAbraham's servant.
35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him
flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and
asses.
36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he
given all that he hath.
37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the
daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and
prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
41 Then shalt thou be clear from thismy oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they
give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou
do prosper my way which I go:
43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh
forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: letthe same bethe
woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher
on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me
drink, I pray thee.
46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will