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And it came about, ^(C1)before he had finished speaking, that behold, ^(C2)Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of ^(C3)Milcah, the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor, came out with her jar on her shoulder.

The young woman was ^(C1)very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ^(F1)had relations with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up.

Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, "^(C1)Please let me drink a little water from your jar."

And ^(C1)she said, "Drink, my lord"; then she quickly lowered her jar to her hand, and gave him a drink.

Now when she had finished giving him a drink, ^(C1)she said, "I will also draw water for your camels until they have finished drinking."

So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran back to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.

^(C1)Meanwhile, the man was taking a close look at her ^(F1)in silence, to find out whether the LORD had made his journey successful or not.

When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a ^(C1)gold ring weighing a ^(F1)half-shekel, and two bracelets for her ^(F2)wrists weighing ten shekels in gold,

and he said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room for us to stay overnight at your father's house?"

She said to him, "^(C1)I am the daughter of Bethuel, Milcah's son, whom she bore to Nahor."

Again she said to him, "We have plenty of both straw and feed, and room to stay overnight."

Then the man ^(C1)bowed low and worshiped the LORD.

And he said, "^(C1)Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned ^(C2)His kindness and His trustworthiness toward my master; as for me, ^(C3)the LORD has guided me in the way to the house of my master's brothers."

Then ^(C1)the young woman ran and told her mother's household about these things.

Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was ^(C1)Laban; and Laban ran outside to the man at the spring.

When he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister's ^(F1)wrists, and when he heard the words of his sister Rebekah, saying, "^(F2)This is what the man said to me," he went to the man; and behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

And he said, "^(C1)Come in, ^(C2)blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside, since ^(C3)I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels?"