Genesis 24
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Genesis 24:15-24

15Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah — daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor — coming with a jug on her shoulder.

16Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin — no man had been intimate with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up.

17Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jug.”

18She replied, “Drink, my lord.” She quickly lowered her jug to her hand and gave him a drink.

19When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I’ll also draw water for your camels until they have had enough to drink.”

20She quickly emptied her jug into the trough and hurried to the well again to draw water. She drew water for all his camels

21while the man silently watched her to see whether or not the Lord had made his journey a success.

22As the camels finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing half a shekel, and for her wrists two bracelets weighing ten shekels of gold.

23“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

24She answered him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”

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