Genesis 24 Flashcards
Genesis 24:1
Abraham was now old and well advanced in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
Genesis 24:2
He said to the chief servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh.
Genesis 24:3
I want you to swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,
Genesis 24:4
but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.”
Genesis 24:5
The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?”
Genesis 24:6
“Make sure that you do not take my son back there,” Abraham said.
Genesis 24:7
“The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’ - he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.
Genesis 24:8
If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
Genesis 24:9
So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and left, taking with him all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor.
Genesis 24:11
He had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.
Genesis 24:12
Then he prayed, “O LORD, God of my master Abraham, give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
Genesis 24:13
See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
Genesis 24:14
May it be that when I say to a girl, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’ - let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”
Genesis 24:15
Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
Genesis 24:16
The girl was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever lain with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.
Genesis 24:17
The servant hurried to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.”
Genesis 24:18
“Drink, my lord,” she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
Genesis 24:19
After she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have finished drinking.”
Genesis 24:20
So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.
Genesis 24:21
Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the LORD had made his journey successful.
Genesis 24:22
When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels.
Genesis 24:23
Then he asked, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
Genesis 24:24
She answered him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
Genesis 24:25
And she added, “We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night.”
Genesis 24:26
Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,