Genesis 24
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Genesis 24:15-24

15Before he had finished praying, there came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah (Milcah was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor).

16Now the young woman was very beautiful. She was a virgin; no man had ever had sexual relations with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up.

17Abraham’s servant ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a sip of water from your jug.”

18“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and quickly lowering her jug to her hands, she gave him a drink.

19When she had done so, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have drunk as much as they want.”

20She quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.

21Silently the man watched her with interest to determine if the Lord had made his journey successful or not.

22After the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels and gave them to her.

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

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

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