When Sarah was dead, Abraham said to Eliezer, who ruled his house:
Promise me that thou wilt not take one of the daughters of the
Canaanites to be a wife for my son; but thou shalt go unto my country
and to my kindred and take a wife for my son Isaac. Eliezer then took
ten of his master’s camels, having all goodly things of his master’s in
his hand, and he went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. And he
made his camels kneel down without the city by the well at the time of
evening, the time that women go out to draw water. And he said: Lord,
God of Abraham, show this day kindness unto my master. I stand now by
this well, and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw
water. I will then say to one of them: Let me drink of thy pitcher. If
she answer: Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also; let the same
be she that thou hast appointed as wife for Thy servant Isaac. Before he
yet had done speaking, Rebekah came out, and she was very fair, and she
had her pitcher on her shoulder and went to the well and filled her
pitcher. And the servant went to her and said: Give me to drink, I pray
thee, of thy pitcher. And she said: Drink, my lord, and I will give thy
camels drink also, and she drew water for all his camels. And he
wondered greatly while he looked on. When all the camels had done
drinking he gave her a ring and two bracelets of gold and said: Whose
daughter are you? Is there room in your father’s house for us to lodge
in? She said: I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor. We have
both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. Then the man
bowed his head, worshipped the Lord and said: Blessed be the Lord, who
hath led me in the way to the house of my master’s brother. And Rebekah
ran home and told all these words.
Rebekah’s brother, Laban, ran out to the man, brought him into the
house, gave the camels straw and provender, and set food before him to
eat; but he said: I will not eat until I have told mine errand. When he
had told all, Laban and Bethuel answered: This comes from the Lord; take
Rebekah and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife. And they called
Rebekah, and said unto her: Wilt thou go with this man? And she said: I
will go. Then Eliezer took her and went his way. And Isaac brought her
into Sarah’s tent, and she became his wife, and he loved her.
Abraham lived happy in the faith in the Savior, who was to come. He was
175 years old when he died and was gathered to his people. Isaac became
heir of all that he had, and became a chief for his people, and the Lord
blessed him and said: Unto thee and thy seed will I give the land of
Canaan, and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.
(Gen. 24; 25:1-11; 26:3, 4.)