45-48 “I had barely finished offering this prayer, when Rebekah arrived, her jug on her shoulder. She went to the spring and drew water and I said, ‘Please, can I have a drink?’ She didn’t hesitate. She held out her jug and said, ‘Drink; and when you’re finished I’ll also water your camels.’ I drank, and she watered the camels. I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel whose parents were Nahor and Milcah.’ I gave her a ring for her nose, bracelets for her arms, and bowed in worship to God. I praised God, the God of my master Abraham who had led me straight to the door of my master’s family to get a wife for his son.

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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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46 And 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.

47 And 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.

48 And 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.

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