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1亞伯拉罕年紀老邁，向來在一切事上耶和華都賜福給他。By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
2亞伯拉罕對管理他全業最老的僕人說：「請你把手放在我。So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
3我要叫你指著耶和華─天地的主起誓，不要為我兒子娶這迦南地中的女子為妻。and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
4你要往我本地本族去，為我的兒子以撒娶一個妻子。」but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
5僕人對他說：「倘若女子不肯跟我到這地方來，我必須將你的兒子帶回你原出之地嗎？」The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
6亞伯拉罕對他說：「你要謹慎，不要帶我的兒子回那裡去。Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
7耶和華─天上的主曾帶領我離開父家和本族的地，對我說話，向我起誓說：『我要將這地賜給你的後裔。』他必差遣使者在你面前，你就可以從那裡為我兒子娶一個妻子。The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
8倘若女子不肯跟你來，我使你起的誓就與你無干了，只是不可帶我的兒子回那裡去。」And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
9僕人就把手放在他主人亞伯拉罕的大腿底下，為這事向他起誓。So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
10那僕人從他主人的駱駝裡取了十匹駱駝，並帶些他主人各樣的財物，起身往去，到了拿鶴的城。Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
11天將晚，眾女子出來打水的時候，他便叫駱駝跪在城外的水井那裡。As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
12他說：「耶和華─我主人亞伯拉罕的 神啊，求你給我主人亞伯拉罕，使我今日遇見好機會。“O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
13我現今站在井旁，城內居民的女子們正出來打水。Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
14我向那一個女子說：『請你拿下水瓶來，給我水喝。』她若說：『請喝！我也給你的駱駝喝。』願那女子就作你所預定給你僕人以撒的妻。這樣，我便知道你施恩給我主人了。」Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—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。利百加是彼土利所生的；彼土利是亞伯拉罕兄弟拿鶴妻子密迦的兒子。Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
16那女子容貌極其俊美，還是處女，也未曾有人親近她。她下到井旁，打滿了瓶，又上來。Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
17僕人跑上前去迎著她，說：「求你將瓶裡的水給我一點喝。」So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”
18女子說：「我主請喝！」就急忙拿下瓶來，托在手上給他喝。“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
19女子給他喝了，就說：「我再為你的駱駝打水，叫駱駝也喝足。」After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”
20她就急忙把瓶裡的水倒在槽裡，又跑到井旁打水，就為所有的駱駝打上水來。And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.
21那人看她，一句話也不說，要曉得耶和華賜他沒有。Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.
22駱駝喝足了，那人就拿一個，重半舍客勒，兩個金鐲，重十舍客勒，給了那女子，And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
23說：「請告訴我，你是誰的女兒？你父親家裡有我們住宿的地方沒有？」“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
24女子說：「我是密迦與拿鶴之子彼土利的女兒」；She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
25又說：「我們家裡足有糧草，也有住宿的地方。」Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”
26那人就低頭向耶和華下拜，Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
27說：「耶和華─我主人亞伯拉罕的 神是應當稱頌的，因他不斷地以慈愛誠實待我主人。至於我，耶和華在路上引領我，直走到我主人的兄弟家裡。」saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
28女子跑回去，照著這些話告訴她母親和她家裡的人。The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
29–30利百加有一個哥哥，名叫拉班，看見金環，又看見金鐲在他妹子的手上，並聽見他妹子利百加的話，說那人對我如此如此說。拉班就跑出來往井旁去，到那人跟前，見他仍站在駱駝旁邊的井旁那裡，Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring. As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
31便對他說：「你這蒙耶和華賜福的，請進來，為甚麼站在外邊？我已經收拾了房屋，也為駱駝預備了地方。」“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
32那人就進了拉班的家。拉班卸了駱駝，用草料餵上，拿水給那人和跟隨的人洗腳；So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
33把飯擺在他面前，叫他吃，他卻說：「我不吃，等我說明白我的事情再吃。」拉班說：「請說。」Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”
34他說：「我是亞伯拉罕的僕人。“I am Abraham’s servant,” he replied.
35耶和華大大地賜福給我主人，使他昌大，又賜給他羊群、牛群、金銀、僕婢、駱駝，和驢。“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, 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；我主人也將一切所有的都給了這個兒子。My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
37我主人叫我起誓說：『你不要為我兒子娶迦南地的女子為妻。My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,
38你要往我父家、我本族那裡去，為我的兒子娶一個妻子。』but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
39我對我主人說：『恐怕女子不肯跟我來。』Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’
40他就說：『我所事奉的耶和華必要差遣他的使者與你同去，叫你的道路通達，你就得以在我父家、我本族那裡，給我的兒子娶一個妻子。And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.
41只要你到了我本族那裡，我使你起的誓就與你無干。他們若不把女子交給你，我使你起的誓也與你無干。』And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’
42「我今日到了井旁，便說：『耶和華─我主人亞伯拉罕的 神啊，願你叫我所行的道路通達。So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
43我如今站在井旁，對哪一個出來打水的女子說：請你把你瓶裡的水給我一點喝；Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
44她若說：你只管喝，我也為你的駱駝打水；願那女子就作耶和華給我主人兒子所預定的妻。』and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
45我心裡的話還沒有說完，利百加就出來，肩頭上扛著水瓶，下到井旁打水。我便對她說：『請你給我水喝。』And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’
46她就急忙從肩頭上拿下瓶來，說：『請喝！我也給你的駱駝喝。』我便喝了；她又給我的駱駝喝了。She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.
47我問她說：『你是誰的女兒？』她說：『我是密迦與拿鶴之子彼土利的女兒。』我就把環子戴在她鼻子上，把鐲子戴在她兩手上。Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
48隨後我低頭向耶和華下拜，稱頌耶和華─我主人亞伯拉罕的 神；因為他引導我走合式的道路，使我得著我主人兄弟的孫女，給我主人的兒子為妻。Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
49現在你們若願以慈愛誠實待我主人，就告訴我；若不然，也告訴我，使我可以或向左，或向右。」Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”
50和彼土利回答說：「這事乃出於耶和華，我們不能向你。Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.
51看哪，利百加在你面前，可以將她帶去，照著耶和華所說的，給你主人的兒子為妻。」Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”
52亞伯拉罕的僕人聽見他們這話，就向耶和華俯伏在地。When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
53當下僕人拿出金器、銀器，和衣服送給利百加，又將寶物送給她哥哥和她母親。Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.
54僕人和跟從他的人吃了喝了，住了一夜。早晨起來，僕人就說：「請打發我回我主人那裡去吧。」Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”
55利百加的哥哥和她母親說：「讓女子同我們再住幾天，至少十天，然後她可以去。」But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
56僕人說：「耶和華既賜給我通達的道路，你們不要耽誤我，請打發我走，回我主人那裡去吧。」But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”
57他們說：「我們把女子叫來問問她」，So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”
58就叫了利百加來，問她說：「你和這人同去嗎？」利百加說：「我去。」They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.
59於是他們打發妹子利百加和她的，同亞伯拉罕的僕人，並跟從僕人的，都走了。So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
60他們就給利百加祝福說：我們的妹子啊，願你作千萬人的母！願你的後裔得著仇敵的城門！And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
61利百加和她的使女們起來，騎上駱駝，跟著那僕人，僕人就帶著利百加走了。Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
62那時，以撒住在南地，剛從庇耳‧拉海‧萊回來。Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
63天將晚，以撒出來在田間，舉目一看，見來了些駱駝。Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.
64利百加舉目看見以撒，就急忙下了駱駝，And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
65問那僕人說：「這田間走來迎接我們的是誰？」僕人說：「是我的主人。」利百加就拿蒙上臉。and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
66僕人就將所辦的一切事都告訴以撒。Then the servant told Isaac all that he had done.
67以撒便領利百加進了他母親撒拉的帳棚，娶了她為妻，並且愛她。以撒自從他母親不在了，這才得了安慰。And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.