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46 And she hastened and let down her jar from her shoulder[a] and said, ‘Drink, and I will give a drink to your camels also.’ Then I drank and she gave a drink to the camels also. 47 Then I asked her and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ And she said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ And I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her arms. 48 And I knelt down and worshiped Yahweh, and I praised Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right way, to take the daughter of the brother of my master for his son.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:46 Literally “from upon her”

46 “She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too.’(A) So I drank, and she watered the camels also.(B)

47 “I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’(C)

“She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel(D) son of Nahor, whom Milkah bore to him.’(E)

“Then I put the ring in her nose(F) and the bracelets on her arms,(G) 48 and I bowed down and worshiped the Lord.(H) I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham,(I) who had led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.(J)

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