¹亞伯拉罕遣僕人為以撒娶妻亞伯拉罕老邁了，年事已高，耶和華在一切事上都賜福給他。

¹Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.

²亞伯拉罕對他家中，管理所有產業的老僕人說：“請把你的手放在我的大腿底下。

²Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh.

³我要你指著耶和華天地的　神起誓，不可從我現在居住的迦南人中，為我的兒子娶他們的女子為妻。

³I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.

⁴你卻要到我的故鄉、我的親族那裡去，為我的兒子以撒娶妻。”

⁴But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”

⁵僕人問亞伯拉罕：“如果那女子不願跟我到這地方來，我必須把你的兒子帶回你原出之地去嗎？”

⁵The servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?”

⁶亞伯拉罕對他說：“你要謹慎，切不可帶我的兒子回到那裡去。

⁶Abraham said to him, “Beware that you don’t bring my son there again.

⁷耶和華天上的　神，就是領我離開我的父家和我親族之地，曾經對我說話，又向我起誓的那位說：‘我必把這地賜給你的後裔。’他必在你前面差派他的使者，你就可以從那裡為我的兒子娶妻。

⁷Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, ‘I will give this land to your seed or, offspring .’ He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

⁸如果那女子不願跟你來，我叫你所起的這誓就與你無關了。只是不可帶我的兒子回到那裡去。”

⁸If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”

⁹於是，僕人把手放在他主人亞伯拉罕的大腿下，為這事向亞伯拉罕起誓。

⁹The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

¹⁰那僕人從他主人的駱駝裡取了十匹駱駝，帶著主人各樣的美物，起程往兩河之間的亞蘭去，到了拿鶴的城。

¹⁰The servant took ten camels, of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

¹¹黃昏時分，女人出來打水的時候，那僕人就叫駱駝跪在城外的水井旁邊，

¹¹He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

¹²然後禱告說：“耶和華我主人亞伯拉罕的　神啊，求你今日使我遇見好機會，施慈愛給我的主人亞伯拉罕。

¹²He said, “Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

¹³我現在站在水泉旁邊，城內居民的女兒正出來打水。

¹³Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.

¹⁴我對哪一個少女說：‘請你放下水瓶來，讓我喝點水。’如果她回答：‘請喝，我也給你的駱駝喝。’願那少女就作你選定給你僕人以撒的妻子。這樣，我就知道你施慈愛給我的主人了。”

¹⁴Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ and she will say, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,’—let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”

¹⁵話還沒有說完，不料，利百加肩頭上扛著水瓶出來了。利百加是彼土利所生的。彼土利是亞伯拉罕兄弟拿鶴的妻子密迦的兒子。

¹⁵It happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.

¹⁶那少女容貌非常美麗，還是個處女，沒有男人親近過她。她下到水泉那裡，打滿了水瓶，又上來。

¹⁶The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.

¹⁷僕人就跑去迎著她，說：“請你把瓶裡的水給我喝一點。”

¹⁷The servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher.”

¹⁸那少女回答：“我主請喝。”就急忙把水瓶拿下來，托在手上給他喝。

¹⁸She said, “Drink, my lord.” She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink.

¹⁹他喝足了，少女就說：“我也要為你的駱駝打水，直到牠們都喝足了。”

¹⁹When she had done giving him drink, she said, “I will also draw for your camels, until they have done drinking.”

²⁰於是急忙把水瓶裡的水倒在槽裡，又跑到井旁去打水，給他所有的駱駝打上水來。

²⁰She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

²¹那人一句話也不說，只注視著她，要知道耶和華使他的道路亨通不亨通。

²¹The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not.

²²駱駝喝足了，那人就拿出一個重近六克的金鼻環，戴在她的鼻子上，又拿出兩個重一百一十四克的金手鐲，套在她的手上，

²²It happened, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,

²³然後問她：“請你告訴我，你是誰的女兒？你父親的家裡有地方給我們住宿沒有？”

²³and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father’s house for us to lodge in?”

²⁴她回答：“我是密迦給拿鶴所生的兒子彼土利的女兒。”

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

²⁵她又說：“我們有很多糧草和飼料，也有住宿的地方。”

²⁵She said moreover to him, “We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.”

²⁶那人就跪下敬拜耶和華，

²⁶The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.

²⁷說：“耶和華我主人亞伯拉罕的　神是應當稱頌的，因為他不斷以慈愛和信實待我的主人；耶和華也一路引導我，到了我主人的兄弟家裡。”

²⁷He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me in the way to the house of my master’s relatives.”

²⁸那少女就跑回去，把這些事都告訴了她母親家裡的人。

²⁸The young lady ran, and told her mother’s house about these words.

²⁹利百加有一個哥哥，名叫拉班。

²⁹Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.

³⁰他看見了妹妹的鼻環和手上的手鐲，又聽見了妹妹利百加說：“那人對我這樣這樣說”，就跑去見外面水泉旁邊的那人。他來到那人跟前的時候，見他仍然站在駱駝旁邊的水泉那裡。

³⁰It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “This is what the man said to me,” that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

³¹拉班說：“你這蒙耶和華賜福的，請進來吧，為甚麼站在外面呢？我已經收拾好了房間，也為駱駝預備了地方。”

³¹He said, “Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.”

³²那人就進了拉班的家。拉班卸了駱駝，拿糧草和飼料給駱駝吃，又拿水給那人和與他同來的人洗腳。

³²The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

³³然後在他面前擺上食物，但那人說：“除非等我說完了我的事，我不會吃。”拉班說：“請說。”

³³Food was set before him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told my message.” He said, “Speak on.”

³⁴那人說：“我是亞伯拉罕的僕人。

³⁴He said, “I am Abraham’s servant.

³⁵耶和華厚厚地賜福我主人，他就昌大起來；耶和華又賜給他羊群、牛群、金銀、僕婢、駱駝和驢。

³⁵Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

³⁶我主人的妻子撒拉年老的時候，給我主人生了一個兒子。我主人也把他一切所有的都給了這個兒子。

³⁶Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.

³⁷我主人要我起誓，說：‘你不可從我現在居住的迦南地中，為我的兒子娶迦南的女子為妻。

³⁷My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,

³⁸你要到我的父家，和我的族人那裡去，為我的兒子娶一個妻子。’

³⁸but you shall go to my father’s house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’

³⁹我問我主人：‘如果那女子不願跟我回來呢？’

³⁹I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’

⁴⁰他回答：‘我行事為人都在他面前的耶和華，必差派他的使者與你同去，使你的道路亨通，你就可以從我的族人和我的父家，給我的兒子娶一個妻子。

⁴⁰He said to me, ‘Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son of my relatives, and of my father’s house.

⁴¹只要你到了我的族人那裡去，我叫你起的誓就與你無關；他們若不把女子交給你，我叫你起的誓也與你無關。’

⁴¹Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don’t give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.’

⁴²我今天到了水泉那裡，就說：‘耶和華我主人亞伯拉罕的　神啊，你若叫我所走的道路亨通，

⁴²I came this day to the spring, and said, ‘Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go—

⁴³那麼，我現在站在水泉旁邊，但願有一個少女出來打水，我要對她說：“請你把瓶裡的水給我喝一點。”

⁴³behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes out to draw, to whom I will say, “Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,”

⁴⁴她若對我說：“你請喝，我還要打水給你的駱駝喝。”願那女子就作耶和華給我主人的兒子所選定的妻子。’

⁴⁴and she will tell me, “Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,”—let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my master’s son.’

⁴⁵我心裡的話還沒有說完，利百加就肩頭扛著水瓶出來了，她下到水泉那裡去打水；我就對她說：‘請給我水喝。’

⁴⁵Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’

⁴⁶她急忙從肩上拿下水瓶來，說：‘請喝，我還要給你的駱駝喝。’我喝了，她也打水給我的駱駝喝。

⁴⁶She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.’ So I drank, and she also gave the camels a drink.

⁴⁷於是我問她，說：‘你是誰的女兒？’她回答：‘我是密迦給拿鶴所生的兒子彼土利的女兒。’我就把鼻環戴在她的鼻子上，把手鐲套在她的兩手上。

⁴⁷I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.

⁴⁸然後我跪下敬拜耶和華，稱頌耶和華我主人亞伯拉罕的　神，因為他引導我走恰當的路，使我得到我主人的兄弟的孫女，作我主人的兒子的妻子。

⁴⁸I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son.

⁴⁹現在你們若願意以慈愛和信實待我的主人，就請告訴我。如果不願意，也請你們告訴我；使我可以知道怎樣行。”

⁴⁹Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.”

⁵⁰拉班和彼土利回答，說：“這事既然出於耶和華，我們就不能對你說好說歹。

⁵⁰Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can’t speak to you bad or good.

⁵¹看哪，利百加就在你面前，你可以把她帶去，照著耶和華所說的，作你主人兒子的妻子。”

⁵¹Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as Yahweh has spoken.”

⁵²亞伯拉罕的僕人聽到了他們這些話，就俯伏在地敬拜耶和華。

⁵²It happened that when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.

⁵³那僕人拿出金器、銀器和衣服送給利百加，又把貴重的禮物送給她的哥哥和她的母親。

⁵³The servant brought out jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and her mother.

⁵⁴然後，僕人和與他同來的人才吃喝，並且住了一夜。他們早晨起來，僕人就說：“請打發我回到我主人那裡去吧！”

⁵⁴They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master.”

⁵⁵利百加的哥哥和母親說：“讓這女孩子和我們同住多幾天，或是十天，然後她可以離去。”

⁵⁵Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.”

⁵⁶僕人回答他們：“你們不要挽留我，耶和華既然使我的道路亨通，就請打發我回到我主人那裡去。”

⁵⁶He said to them, “Don’t hinder me, since Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.”

⁵⁷他們說：“我們可以把那女孩子叫來，問問她的意思。”

⁵⁷They said, “We will call the young lady, and ask her.”

⁵⁸他們把利百加叫了來，問她：“你願意與這人同去嗎？”她回答：“我願意去。”

⁵⁸They called Rebekah, and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” She said, “I will go.”

⁵⁹於是，他們把自己的妹妹利百加，她的乳母和亞伯拉罕的僕人，以及同來的人，都打發走了。

⁵⁹They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham’s servant, and his men.

⁶⁰他們給利百加祝福，對她說：“我們的妹妹啊，願你作千萬人之母；願你的後裔，佔領仇敵的城門。”

⁶⁰They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them.”

⁶¹以撒迎娶利百加利百加和她的眾使女就起來，騎上駱駝，跟著那人走；那僕人就帶著利百加走了。

⁶¹Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

⁶²那時，以撒剛從庇耳．拉海．萊回來，他原本是住在南地的。

⁶²Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the South.

⁶³黃昏的時候，以撒出來田間默想。他舉目觀看，忽然看見來了些駱駝。

⁶³Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.

⁶⁴利百加舉目觀看，看見了以撒，就下了駱駝，

⁶⁴Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel.

⁶⁵問那僕人：“在田間走來迎接我們的這人是誰？”僕人回答：“他是我的主人。”利百加就拿面紗蒙在面上。

⁶⁵She said to the servant, “Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” She took her veil, and covered herself.

⁶⁶僕人把所作的一切事，都告訴以撒。

⁶⁶The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

⁶⁷以撒領利百加進了他母親撒拉的帳棚，並且娶了她。利百加就作了以撒的妻子。以撒愛利百加。以撒自從他母親去世後，這才得了安慰。

⁶⁷Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.