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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45 “Before I finished praying in my heart,(A) Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder.(B) She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’(C)

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

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

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

“Then I put the ring in her nose(I) and the bracelets on her arms,(J)

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