By this time Abraham had become a very old man,  and the Lord had blessed him in all that he did . Abraham said to his all his possessions,  'Put your hand under my thigh； I want you to swear by the Lord had blessed him in all that he did Abraham said to his servant , who had been ling in his service and was in charge of all his possessions , 'Put your hand under my thigh： I want you to swear by the Lord , the God of heaven and earth , that you will not take a wife for my son from the women of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell；  you must go to my own country and to my own kindred to find a wife for my son Isaac. '. . . . So the servant put his hand under his master Abraham's thigh and swore an oath in those terms .

　　The servant took ten camels from his master's herds , and also all kinds of gifts from his master； he wet out for Aramnaharaim and arrived at the city where Nahor lived. Towards evening , the time when the women come out to draw water, he made the camels kneel down by the well outside the city . He said , 'O Lord God of my master Abraham , give me good fortune this day ； keep faith with my master Abraham here I stand by the spring , and the women of the city are coming out to draw water. Let it be like this： I shall say to a girl , “please lower your jar so that I may drink ”； and if she answers , “Drink, and I will water your camels also”, that will be the girl whom thou dost intend for thy servant Isaac. In this way I shall know that thou hast kept faith with my master . '

　　Before he had finished praying silently he saw Rebecca coming out with her water -jug on her shoulder . Abraham 's servant hurried to meet her and said , “Give me a sip of water from your jar . 'Drink , sir '. she answered , and at once lowered her jar on to her hand to let him drink . When she had finished giving him a drink , she said , 'Now I will draw water for your camels until they have had enough . 'So she quickly empfied her jar into the water-through, hurried again to the well to draw water and watered all the camels . When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold nose -ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels , also of gold , and said , 'Tell me , please, whose daughter you are Is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night ？'She answered , 'Ian the daughter of Bethuel , the son of Nahor and Milcah ； and we daughter of Bethuel, the won of Nahor and Milcah； and we have plenty of straw and fodder and also room for you to spend the night . 'So the man bowed down and prostrated to the Lord. He said , 'Blessed be the Lord the God of my master Abraham , who has mot failed to keep faith and truth with my master ； for I have been guided by the Lord to the house of my master's kinsman . '

　　The girl ran to her mother 's house and told them what had happened . now Rebecca had a brother named Laban ； and, when he saw the nosering , and also the bracelets on his sister's wrists , and heard his sister Rebecca tell what the man had said to her , he ran out to the man at the spring. When he came to him , he said , 'come in , sir , whom the Lord has blessed . Why stay outside ？I have prepared the house , and there is room for the camels . 'So he brought the man into the house , unloaded the camels and provided straw and fodder for them , and water for him and all his men to wash their feet . Food was set before him , but he said , 'I will not eat until I have delivered my message. 'Laban said , 'Let us hear it . 'He answered , 'I am the servant of Abraham . . . Now tell me if you will keep faith and truth with my master . If not , say so , and I will turn elsewhere. '

　　Laban and Bethuel answered, 'This is from the Lord ； we can say nothing for or against . Here is Rebecca herself ； take her and go . She shall be the wife of your master's son , as the Lord has decreed . 'So they let their sister Rebecca and her nurse go with Abraham 's servant and his men .

　　Isaac meanwhile had moved on as far as Beer-lahai-roi and was living in the    Negeb . One evening when he had gone out into the open country to relieve himself, he looked up and saw camels approaching . When Rebecca raised her eyes and saw Isaac, she slipped hastily from her camel , saying to the servant , 'Who is that man walking across the open towards us ？'The servant answered , 'It is my master . 'So she took her veil and covered herself . The servant related to Isaac all that had happened . Isaac conducted her into the tent and took her as his wife . So she became his wife , and he loved her and was consoled for the death of his mother.

　　故里娶妻

　　這時亞伯拉罕已經老邁不堪了。天主一直保佑他做的一切事情。亞伯拉罕對一個長期侍隨他的老管家說：“把你的手放在我的大腿下，我要你對天主、對天地的上帝發(fā)誓，你不要替我兒子從我居住地的迦南人中娶妻。你必須到我的故里、到我親族里去給我兒子以撒找個妻子。”。 . . . . 于是那管家就把手放在他主人亞伯拉罕的大腿下面，按照這些條件發(fā)了誓。

　　老管家從他主人的牧群中挑選了十頭駱駝，還從主人處拿了各式禮品，便出發(fā)去阿蘭納哈蘭。他來到了拿鶴住的城市。傍晚，正是婦女出來打水的時候，他讓駱駝跪在城外水井邊。他說：“啊，我的主人亞伯拉罕的天主上帝啊，讓我今天交上好運氣，請信守你和我的主人亞伯拉罕的約言。我站在井邊這兒，城里的女人們都出城來打水了。讓事情象這樣吧：我會對一個姑娘說：”請把你的水罐拿下來，好讓我喝點水！如果她回答說：“請喝吧，我還給你的駱駝也喝點水。'那她就是你預定要你的仆人以撒迎娶的姑娘。這樣，我就會知道你信守和我的主人的約言了。”

　　他剛默禱完，就看見利百加肩上扛著水罐走出來。亞伯拉罕的老管家趕忙迎上去對好說：“求你把罐里的水給我喝一點。”“喝吧，先生。”她回答說，并馬上拿 下水罐讓他喝。她給他喝完水后，又說：“現在我要弄些水給你的駱駝飲，讓它們喝個飽。”說著她就一下子把罐里的水全倒到水槽里，又趕到井邊去打水，并給所有的駱駝都飲了水。當駱駝喝完水后，老管家拿出一個約半舍客勒的金鼻環(huán)和兩只重十舍客勒的金手鐲給那女子，說：“請告訴我，你的誰的女兒。你們家有地方讓我們留宿嗎？”她回答：“我是拿鶴和密迦的兒子彼土利的女子。我們家有充足的糧草飼料、也有地方讓你們過夜。”老管家向天主彎身下拜說：“感謝我的主人亞伯拉罕的上帝，天主你沒有忘記以誠信待我主人，是天主引導我來到我主人的兄弟家里。”

　　那女孩跑到她母親住處，告訴他們這件事情。利百加有個哥哥叫拉班，當他看見金鼻環(huán)和他妹妹腕上的兩個鐲子，聽到他妹妹利百加告訴他那老管家的要求，他就出門跪到井邊那人那里對他說：“請進來，先生，上帝保佑你。為什么還在外面站著？我已經給你收拾好房子，也有地方安置駱駝。”接著，他就把老管家?guī)нM屋，卸了駱駝并喂以草料，還備了水給老管家和他的隨從們洗腳。飯食也擺在他面前。老人卻說：“我要先轉達一個口信才吃飯。”拉班說：“我們在聽著。”老管家；回答：“我是亞伯拉罕的仆人。（他詳細解釋了為什么他來到這里）現在請告訴我，你們是否愿意以誠信待我主人，與他聯(lián)姻。如果不愿意，也請直說，我就到別處再找。”

　　拉班和彼土利回答：“既然這是上帝的意旨，我們哪能說同意或不同意。利百加在這里，帶她走吧。好將成為你主人的兒媳，就照天主說的去做吧。”這樣，他們就讓妹子利百加及她的乳母隨亞伯拉罕的老家人和隨從們一起去了。

　　以撒此時已搬到老遠的庇耳拉海萊，住在耐格伯。一天黃昏時，他走到野外去舒散身心，抬頭看見有一個駱駝隊向他走來。利百加遠眺看見以撒，就急忙從駱駝上下來，問那老管家：“那邊朝我們走來的男人是誰？”老管家回答：“那就是我家的少爺。”利百家就拿出面紗把臉蒙上。老管家就向以撒講述了全部經過，以撒把利百加領進帳篷，娶她為妻。這樣她就成為他的妻子，他也愛她。自從他母親去世以后，以撒到這時才得到一些寬慰。

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