Verse 51
Genesis 24:51
Bible in Basic English
51
See, here is Rebekah: take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has said.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הִנֵּֽה רִבְקָ֥ה לְ/פָנֶ֖י/ךָ קַ֣ח וָ/לֵ֑ךְ וּ/תְהִ֤י אִשָּׁה֙ לְ/בֶן אֲדֹנֶ֔י/ךָ כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָֽה
English Translation
Behold, Rebecca is before you; take her and go, and she will be a wife for your master's son, as Yahweh has spoken.
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Chapter 24 Context
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Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure.
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And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand unde...
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And take an oath by the Lord, the God (Elohim) of heaven and the God (Elohim) of the earth, that you...
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But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.
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And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your...
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And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.
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The Lord God (Elohim) of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, a...
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And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son b...
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And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing.
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And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and w...
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And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the t...
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And he said, O Lord, the God (Elohim) of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken...
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See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get wate...
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Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, H...
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And even before his words were ended, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was t...
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She was a very beautiful girl, a virgin, who had never been touched by a man: and she went down to t...
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And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.
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And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him...
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And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough.
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And after putting the water from her vessel into the animals' drinking-place, she went quickly back...
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And the man, looking at her, said nothing, waiting to see if the Lord had given his journey a good o...
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And when the camels had had enough, the man took a gold nose-ring, half a shekel in weight, and two...
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And said to her, Whose daughter are you? is there room in your father's house for us?
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And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, Nahor's wife.
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And she said, We have a great store of dry grass and cattle-food, and there is room for you.
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And with bent head the man gave worship to the Lord;
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And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God (Elohim) of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he...
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So the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house
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Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he came out quickly to the man at the water-spring.
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And when he saw the nose-ring and the ornaments on his sister's hands, and when she gave him word of...
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And he said to him, Come in, you on whom is the blessing of the Lord; why are you waiting outside? f...
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Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass...
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And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to...
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And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
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The Lord has given my master every blessing, and he has become great: he has given him flocks and he...
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And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.
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And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the C...
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But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.
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And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come with me?
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And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make...
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And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her...
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And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God (Elohim) of my master Abraham, if...
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Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water an...
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Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels; let her be the woman marked out by the Lord for...
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And even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she wen...
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And straight away she took down her vessel from her arm, and said, Take a drink, and I will get wate...
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And questioning her, I said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, the son...
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And with bent head I gave worship and praise to the Lord, the God (Elohim) of my master Abraham, by...
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And now, say if you will do what is good and right for my master or not, in order that it may be cle...
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Then Laban and Bethuel said in answer, This is the Lord's doing: it is not for us to say Yes or No t...
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See, here is Rebekah: take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has said...
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And at these words, Abraham's servant went down on his face and gave praise to the Lord.
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Then he took jewels of silver and jewels of gold and fair robes and gave them to Rebekah: and he gav...
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Then he and the men who were with him had food and drink, and took their rest there that night; and...
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But her brother and her mother said, Let the girl be with us a week or ten days, and then she may go...
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And he said, Do not keep me; the Lord has given a good outcome to my journey; let me now go back to...
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And they said, We will send for the girl, and let her make the decision.
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And they sent for Rebekah and said to her, Are you ready to go with this man? And she said, I am rea...
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So they sent their sister Rebekah and her servant with Abraham's servant and his men.
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And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten t...
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So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Re...
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Now Isaac had come through the waste land to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the South.
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And when the evening was near, he went wandering out into the fields, and lifting up his eyes he saw...
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And when Rebekah, looking up, saw Isaac, she got down from her camel,
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And said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is...
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Then the servant gave Isaac the story of all he had done.
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And Isaac took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was com...
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- Genesis
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- Chapter 24 (67 verses)
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