¹And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

¹Abraham pa je bil starček prileten, in GOSPOD je bil blagoslovil Abrahama v vsem.

²And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

²In veli Abraham hlapcu svojemu, najstarejšemu hiše svoje, ki je bil nad vsem, kar je bilo njegovega: Položi, prosim, roko svojo pod ledje moje,

³And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

³da te zavežem s prisego pri GOSPODU, Bogu nebes in Bogu zemlje, da ne vzameš žene sinu mojemu izmed hčer Kanaancev, med katerimi bivam;

⁴But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

⁴ampak da pojdeš v mojo deželo in k sorodovini moji in vzameš ženo sinu mojemu Izaku.

⁵And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

⁵A hlapec mu reče: Morda ne bo hotela tista ženska iti z menoj v to deželo; ali naj popeljem sina tvojega nazaj v ono deželo, odkoder si prišel?

⁶And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

⁶Abraham pa mu reče: Varuj se, da ne popelješ nazaj tja sina mojega!

⁷The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

⁷GOSPOD, Bog nebes, ki me je vzel iz hiše očeta mojega in iz rojstne dežele moje in ki mi je govoril in ki mi je prisegel, govoreč: Semenu tvojemu dam to deželo, on pošlje angela svojega pred teboj, da vzameš odondod ženo mojemu sinu.

⁸And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

⁸Ako bi pa ženska ne hotela iti s teboj, bodeš prost te zarotitve moje; samo sina mojega ne vodi tja nazaj.

⁹And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

⁹Hlapec torej položi roko svojo pod ledje Abrahama, gospodarja svojega, in mu priseže za to reč.

¹⁰And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

¹⁰Nato vzame hlapec deset izmed velblodov gospoda svojega, da odpotuje; in imel je vsakršno blago gospodarja svojega v roki svoji; in vstane in odpotuje v Mezopotamijo, v mesto Nahorjevo.

¹¹And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

¹¹In ustavil se je z velblodi zunaj mesta zraven vodnjaka ob večernem času, ko hodijo ženske vodo zajemat.

¹²And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.

¹²In reče: O GOSPOD, Bog Abrahama, gospoda mojega, stóri, prosim, da se mi posreči danes, in izkaži milost gospodu mojemu Abrahamu.

¹³Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

¹³Glej, stojim pri studencu, in hčere prebivalcev tega mesta bodo hodile vodo zajemat.

¹⁴And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.

¹⁴Zgodi se naj, ko porečem kateri deklici: Nagni mi, prosim, vrč svoj, da pijem; in ona odgovori: Pij, pa še velblodom tvojim bom dala piti, da bode ta, ki si jo določil hlapcu svojemu Izaku, in po tem spoznam, da izkazuješ milost gospodu mojemu.

¹⁵And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

¹⁵Zgodi se pa, še preden je dogovoril, da pride, glej, Rebeka, ki se je bila rodila Betuelu, sinu Milke, žene Nahorja, brata Abrahamovega, z vrčem svojim na rami.

¹⁶And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

¹⁶Deklica ta pa je bila silno lepe postave, devica, ki je mož ni bil spoznal. In ona gre doli k studencu, napolni vrč in stopa gori.

¹⁷And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

¹⁷Priteče ji torej hlapec naproti in reče: Daj mi, prosim, malo piti iz svojega vrča.

¹⁸And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

¹⁸In ona reče: Pij, gospod moj! In urno izpusti vrč čez roko svojo in mu da piti.

¹⁹And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

¹⁹In ko mu je dala piti, reče: Tudi velblodom tvojim zajmem, dokler se ne napojé.

²⁰And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

²⁰In urno izprazni vrč v korito in zopet hiti k vodnjaku zajemat, in zajme vsem velblodom njegovim.

²¹And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

²¹In mož jo strmé opazuje in molči, da bi spoznal, ali je srečno storil GOSPOD pot njegovo ali ne.

²²And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

²²Zgodi se pa, ko so se velblodi napili, da izloži mož zlat obodec, ki mu je bilo teže pol sekla, in za roke njene dve zapestnici, katerih teža je bila deset seklov zlata,

²³And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?

²³in veli: Čigava hči si? povej mi, prosim. Je li v hiši očeta tvojega nam za prenočišče prostora?

²⁴And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

²⁴In ona mu reče: Hči sem Betuela, sina Milkinega, ki ga je porodila Nahorju.

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

²⁵Reče mu še: Tudi slame in krme je dosti pri nas, pa tudi za prenočišče prostora.

²⁶And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.

²⁶Tedaj se mož prikloni in moli GOSPODA

²⁷And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

²⁷ter reče: Hvaljen bodi GOSPOD, Bog gospoda mojega Abrahama, ki ni opustil milosti in zvestobe svoje do gospodarja mojega; mene je spremil GOSPOD na potu v hišo sorodnikov gospodarja mojega.

²⁸And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.

²⁸Poteče torej deklica in sporoči vse to v hiši matere svoje.

²⁹And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

²⁹Rebeka pa je imela brata, ki mu je bilo ime Laban; in Laban poteče k tistemu možu ven k studencu.

³⁰And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

³⁰To pa se je zgodilo, ko je videl obodec in zapestnici okoli rok sestre svoje in ko je slišal besede Rebeke, sestre svoje, govoreče: Tako mi je govoril tisti mož. Pride torej k možu, ki je, glej, stal pri velblodih poleg studenca.

³¹And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

³¹In reče: Pridi noter, blagoslovljenec GOSPODOV, kaj bi stal zunaj? saj sem pripravil hišo, in prostora je velblodom.

³²And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.

³²In mož pride v hišo. In Laban razpravi velblode ter jim da slame in krme, in vode, da se umijejo noge njegove in noge mož, ki so bili ž njim.

³³And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

³³Ali ko so mu postavili, da bi jedel, reče: Jedel ne bom nikakor, dokler ne povem svojih reči. In reče Laban: Govóri!

³⁴And he said, I am Abraham's servant.

³⁴Tedaj reče: Hlapec sem Abrahamov.

³⁵And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

³⁵GOSPOD pa je blagoslovil gospodarja mojega silno, da je postal velik; dal mu je namreč čred in goved, srebra in zlata, hlapcev in dekel, velblodov in oslov.

³⁶And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

³⁶Vrhutega je rodila Sara, žena gospoda mojega, sina mojemu gospodu, ko se je bila postarala, in gospod mu je dal vse, kar ima.

³⁷And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

³⁷S prisego pa me je zavezal gospod moj, govoreč: Ne vzemi sinu mojemu žene izmed hčer Kanaancev, v katerih deželi jaz bivam.

³⁸But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

³⁸Ampak na dom očeta mojega potuj in k rodovini moji, da vzameš ženo mojemu sinu.

³⁹And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

³⁹Ko sem pa rekel gospodu svojemu: Morda ona ženska ne bo hotela iti z menoj,

⁴⁰And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:

⁴⁰mi reče: GOSPOD, pred čigar obličjem sem vedno hodil, pošlje angela svojega s teboj, in srečno stori tvojo pot, da vzameš ženo sinu mojemu iz rodovine moje in iz hiše očeta mojega.

⁴¹Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

⁴¹Tedaj bodeš prost zarotitve moje, ko prideš k rodovini moji; in če ti je ne dado, bodeš oproščen zarotitve moje.

⁴²And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

⁴²Prišel sem torej danes k studencu in rekel: GOSPOD, Bog gospoda mojega Abrahama, o, da bi res srečno storil pot mojo, po kateri hodim!

⁴³Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

⁴³Glej, pri studencu stojim; zgodi se naj, da devica, ki pride zajemat vodo in ji porečem: Daj mi, prosim, piti malo vode iz svojega vrča,

⁴⁴And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.

⁴⁴in ona mi odgovori: Pij, in tudi velblodom tvojim zajmem, da ona bodi žena, ki jo je GOSPOD določil sinu gospodarja mojega.

⁴⁵And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

⁴⁵Še nisem končal govoriti v srcu svojem, ko, glej, izide Rebeka z vrčem svojim na rami in gre doli k studencu in zajme. Rekel pa sem ji: Daj mi piti, prosim.

⁴⁶And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

⁴⁶Ona urno spusti vrč svoj z rame in reče: Pij, pa še velblodom tvojim bom dala piti. In ko sem se napil, dala je piti tudi velblodom mojim.

⁴⁷And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

⁴⁷Zato sem jo vprašal, govoreč: Čigava hči si? In reče: Hči Betuela, sina Nahorjevega, katerega mu je rodila Milka. In del sem ji tisti obodec za lišp njenega obraza in zapestnice na roke njene.

⁴⁸And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.

⁴⁸In priklonil sem se in molil GOSPODA in hvalil sem GOSPODA, Boga gospodarja mojega Abrahama, ker me je vodil po pravem potu, da dobim hčer brata gospoda svojega za njegovega sina.

⁴⁹And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

⁴⁹Sedaj torej, če vas je volja, milost in zvestobo izkazati gospodu mojemu, mi povejte; če pa ne, mi povejte, da krenem na desno ali na levo.

⁵⁰Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

⁵⁰In odgovorita Laban in Betuel ter rečeta: Od GOSPODA je izšla ta reč, ne moreva ti reči slabega ali dobrega.

⁵¹Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.

⁵¹Glej, Rebeka ti je na voljo, vzemi jo in odidi, in žena bodi sinu gospodarja tvojega, kakor je govoril GOSPOD.

⁵²And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.

⁵²In ko je slišal hlapec Abrahamov njune besede, se prikloni pred GOSPODOM do tal.

⁵³And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

⁵³In hlapec seže po dragotine srebrne in dragotine zlate ter oblačila in jih izroči Rebeki; enako dá dragocenosti bratu njenemu in materi njeni.

⁵⁴And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

⁵⁴Nato so jedli in pili on in možje, ki so bili ž njim, in so prenočili. Zjutraj pa, ko vstanejo, reče: Pustite me k mojemu gospodu.

⁵⁵And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

⁵⁵Reče pa brat njen in mati njena: Naj ostane deklica še pri nas nekaj dni, vsaj deset; potem odpotuje.

⁵⁶And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

⁵⁶Reče jima on: Ne mudite me, ker je GOSPOD srečno storil pot mojo; pustite me, da grem k svojemu gospodu.

⁵⁷And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.

⁵⁷Tedaj reko: Pokličimo deklico in poprašajmo, kaj ona poreče.

⁵⁸And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

⁵⁸In pokličejo Rebeko in ji reko: Hočeš li iti s tem možem? Ona pa reče: Pojdem.

⁵⁹And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

⁵⁹In pustili so z doma Rebeko, sestro svojo, in dojnico njeno s hlapcem Abrahamovim in z možmi njegovimi.

⁶⁰And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

⁶⁰In blagoslove Rebeko, govoreč ji: Ti sestra naša, bodi mati tisočkrat desettisočem, in v last naj bodo semenu tvojemu vrata sovražnikov njegovih.

⁶¹And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

⁶¹Rebeka pa vstane in dekle njene ter sedejo na velblode, da bi šle z možem. In hlapec vzame Rebeko in odpotuje.

⁶²And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.

⁶²Izak pa je ravno prišel s pota k vodnjaku Lahajroju; bival je namreč v južni strani.

⁶³And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

⁶³In Izak je šel premišljat po polju, ko se je večerilo; in ko povzdigne oči in pogleda, glej velblode, ki so se bližali.

⁶⁴And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

⁶⁴In Rebeka povzdigne oči in zagleda Izaka, in spusti se doli z velbloda.

⁶⁵For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

⁶⁵In reče hlapcu: Kdo je oni mož, ki prihaja po polju nam naproti? In hlapec reče: Ta je gospod moj. Ona pa vzame zagrinjalo svoje ter se pokrije.

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

⁶⁶Tedaj pove hlapec Izaku vse, kar je bil opravil.In Izak jo pelje v šator Sare, matere svoje, in vzame Rebeko, da mu bode žena, in ljubil jo je. Tako se je Izak potolažil po materi svoji.

⁶⁷And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

⁶⁷In Izak jo pelje v šator Sare, matere svoje, in vzame Rebeko, da mu bode žena, in ljubil jo je. Tako se je Izak potolažil po materi svoji.