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

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

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

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.

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

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

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?”

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?

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

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

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.

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.

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.”

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

¹²He said, “Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to 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 am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.

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

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²¹The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know whether Yahweh 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.

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,

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 are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your 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?

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

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

²⁵She said moreover to 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.

²⁶The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.

²⁶Tedaj se mož prikloni in moli GOSPODA

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.”

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

³¹He said, “Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? 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.

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.

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.

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

³⁴He said, “I am Abraham’s servant.

³⁴Tedaj reče: Hlapec sem Abrahamov.

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.

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.

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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.’

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

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—

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 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,”

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 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.’

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

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.’

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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, “The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can’t speak to you 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 you. Take her, and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as Yahweh has spoken.”

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

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

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

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.

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

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.”

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.

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

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

⁵⁶He said to them, “Don’t hinder me, since Yahweh has 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

⁶¹Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

⁶⁶The servant told Isaac all the 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.

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.

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.