Genesis 24

Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.

وَشَاخَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَتَقَدَّمَ بِهِ الْعُمْرُ. وَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh.

وَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِرَئِيسِ عَبِيدِهِ، الْمُتَوَلِّي جَمِيعَ شُؤُونِ بَيْتِهِ: «ضَعْ يَدَكَ تَحْتَ فَخْذِي،

I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

فَأَسْتَحْلِفَكَ بِالرَّبِّ إِلَهِ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ أَنْ لَا تَأْخُذَ لابْنِي زَوْجَةً مِنْ بَنَاتِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ الَّذِيْنَ أَنَا مُقِيمٌ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ.

but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.”

بَلْ تَمْضِي إِلَى بَلَدِي وَإِلَى عَشِيرَتِي، وَتَأْخُذُ زَوْجَةً لابْنِي إِسْحاقَ».

The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?”

فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَبْدُ: «هَبْ أَنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ لَا تَشَاءُ أَنْ تَتْبَعَنِي إِلَى هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ، فَهَلْ أَرْجِعُ بِابْنِكَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي ارْتَحَلْتَ عَنْهَا؟».

“Make sure that you do not take my son back there,” Abraham said.

فَأَجَابَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: «إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ بِابْنِي إِلَى هُنَاكَ،

“The Lord, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring^[a] I will give this land’—he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.

فَالرَّبُّ إِلَهُ السَّمَاءِ الَّذِي أَخَذَنِي مِنْ بَيْتِ أَبِي وَمِنْ أَرْضِ قَوْمِي، وَخَاطَبَنِي وَأَقْسَمَ لِي قَائِلاً: لِذُرِّيَّتِكَ أَهَبُ هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ، هُوَ يُرْسِلُ مَلاكَهُ أَمَامَكَ لِتَأْخُذَ زَوْجَةً لابْنِي مِنْ هُنَاكَ.

If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”

إِنْ أَبَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ أَنْ تَتْبَعَكَ، تَكُونُ آنَئِذٍ فِي حِلٍّ مِنْ حَلْفِي هَذَا، أَمَّا ابْنِي فَإِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ بِهِ إِلَى هُنَاكَ».

So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

فَوَضَعَ الْعَبْدُ يَدَهُ تَحْتَ فَخْذِ سَيِّدِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَحَلَفَ لَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ.

Then the servant left, taking with him ten of his master’s camels loaded with all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim^[b] and made his way to the town of Nahor.

وَاخْتَارَ الْعَبْدُ عَشَرَةَ جِمَالٍ وَحَمَّلَهَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ خَيْرَاتِ مَوْلاهُ الَّتِي فِي يَدِهِ، وَقَامَ وَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى أَرَامِ النَّهْرَيْنِ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ نَاحُورَ.

He had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.

وَهُنَاكَ أَنَاخَ الْجِمَالَ خَارِجَ الْمَدِينَةِ عِنْدَ بِئْرِ الْمَاءِ وَقْتَ الْمَسَاءِ، فِي مَوْعِدِ خُرُوجِ الْمُسْتَقِيَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ،

Then he prayed, “Lord, God of my master Abraham, make me successful today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهَ سَيِّدِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ أَنْ تُيَسِّرَ أَمْرِي الْيَوْمَ وَتُسْدِيَ مَعْرُوفاً لِسَيِّدِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ.

See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

هَا أَنَا وَاقِفٌ عِنْدَ بِئْرِ الْمَاءِ حَيْثُ تُقْبِلُ بَنَاتُ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ

May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’—let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”

فَلْيَكُنْ أَنَّ الْفَتَاةَ الَّتِي أَقُولُ لَهَا: ضَعِي جَرَّتَكِ لأَشْرَبَ مِنْهَا، فَتُجِيبُ: اشْرَبْ وَأَنَا أَسْقِي جِمَالَكَ أَيْضاً، تَكُونُ هِيَ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتَهَا لِعَبْدِكَ إِسْحاقَ. وَبِذَلِكَ أُدْرِكُ أَنَّكَ أَسْدَيْتَ مَعْرُوفاً لِسَيِّدِي».

Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milkah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يُتِمَّ صَلاتَهُ إِذَا بِهِ يُشَاهِدُ رِفْقَةَ ابْنَةَ بَتُوئِيلَ ابْنِ مِلْكَةَ زَوْجَةِ نَاحُورَ أَخِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُقْبِلَةً، وَجَرَّتُهَا عَلَى كَتِفِهَا.

The woman was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.

وَكَانَتِ الْفَتَاةُ رَائِعَةَ الْجَمَالِ، عَذْرَاءَ لَمْ يَمَسَّهَا رَجُلٌ. فَنَزَلَتْ إِلَى الْعَيْنِ وَمَلأَتْ جَرَّتَهَا ثُمَّ صَعِدَتْ،

The servant hurried to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.”

فَرَكَضَ الْعَبْدُ لِلِقَائِهَا وَقَالَ: «أَرْجُوكِ، اسْقِينِي قَلِيلاً مِنْ مَاءِ جَرَّتِكِ».

“Drink, my lord,” she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

فَأَجَابَتِ الْفَتَاةُ: «اشْرَبْ يَا سَيِّدِي». وَأَسْرَعَتْ وَأَنْزَلَتْ جَرَّتَهَا عَلَى يَدِهَا وَسَقَتْهُ.

After she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have had enough to drink.”

وَبَعْدَ أَنْ شَرِبَ قَالَتْ: «أَسْتَقِي لِجِمَالِكَ أَيْضاً حَتَّى تَرْتَوِيَ».

So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.

وَمَضَتْ مُسْرِعَةً وَأَفْرَغَتْ جَرَّتَهَا فِي حَوْضِ الْمَاءِ، ثُمَّ رَكَضَتْ نَحْوَ الْبِئْرِ فَاسْتَقَتْ لِكُلِّ جِمَالِهِ.

Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the Lord had made his journey successful.

وَظَلَّ الرَّجُلُ يَتَأَمَّلُهَا صَامِتاً لِيَعْلَمَ إِنْ كَانَ الرَّبُّ قَدْ وَفَّقَ مَسْعَاهُ أَمْ لا.

When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka^[c] and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels.^[d]

وَعِنْدَمَا ارْتَوَتِ الْجِمَالُ تَنَاوَلَ الرَّجُلُ خِزَامَةً ذَهَبِيَّةً وَزْنُهَا نِصْفُ شَاقِلٍ (نَحْوَ سِتَّةِ جِرَامَاتٍ) وَسُوَارَيْنِ ذَهَبِيَّيْنِ وَزْنُهُمَا عَشَرَةُ شَواقِلَ (نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ جِرَاماً)،

Then he asked, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

وَسَأَلَهَا: «ابْنَةُ مَنْ أَنْتِ؟ أَخْبِرِينِي: هَلْ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيكِ مَوْضِعٌ نَبِيتُ فِيهِ؟»

She answered him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milkah bore to Nahor.”

فَأَجَابَتْهُ: «أَنَا ابْنَةُ بَتُوئِيلَ ابْنِ مِلْكَةَ الَّذِي أَنْجَبَتْهُ لِنَاحُورَ،

And she added, “We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night.”

عِنْدَنَا كَثِيرٌ مِنَ التِّبْنِ وَالْعَلَفِ، وَمَكَانٌ لِتَبِيتُوا فِيهِ».

Then the man bowed down and worshiped the Lord,

فَأَطْرَقَ الرَّجُلُ بِرَأْسِهِ وَسَجَدَ لِلرَّبِّ مُصَلِّياً:

saying, “Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

«تَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ سَيِّدِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَخَلَّ عَنْ لُطْفِهِ وَوَفَائِهِ لِسَيِّدِي. أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ هَدَانِي الرَّبُّ فِي الطَّرِيقِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِخْوَةِ سَيِّدِي».

The young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

فَهُرِعَتِ الْفَتَاةُ وَأَخْبَرَتْ بَيْتَ أُمِّهَا بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ.

Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he hurried out to the man at the spring.

وَكَانَ لِرِفْقَةَ أَخٌ يُدْعَى لابَانَ، فَأَسْرَعَ نَحْوَ الرَّجُلِ عِنْدَ بِئْرِ الْمَاءِ،

As soon as he had seen the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and had heard Rebekah tell what the man said to her, he went out to the man and found him standing by the camels near the spring.

إِذْ كَانَ قَدْ رَأَى الْخِزَامَةَ وَالسِّوَارَيْنِ عَلَى يَدَيْ أُخْتِهِ، وَسَمِعَ حَدِيثَهَا عَنِ الرَّجُلِ؛ فَوَجَدَهُ وَاقِفاً بِالْقُرْبِ مِنَ الْجِمَالِ عِنْدَ الْمَاءِ،

“Come, you who are blessed by the Lord,” he said. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”

فَقَالَ: «ادْخُلْ أَيُّهَا الْمُبَارَكُ مِنَ الرَّبِّ، لِمَاذَا تَقِفُ خَارِجاً؟ لَقَدْ أَعْدَدْتُ الْبَيْتَ وَكَذَلِكَ مَكَاناً لِلْجِمَالِ».

So the man went to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and fodder were brought for the camels, and water for him and his men to wash their feet.

فَدَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى الْمَنْزِلِ، وَحَلَّ عَنِ الْجِمَالِ، وَقَدَّمَ لَهَا تِبْناً وَعَلَفاً، وَأَتَى لابَانُ بِمَاءٍ لِغَسْلِ رِجْلَيْهِ وَأَرْجُلِ مُرَافِقِيهِ.

Then food was set before him, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I have to say.”

“Then tell us,” Laban said.

ثُمَّ وَضَعَ الطَّعَامَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ لِيَأْكُلَ. لَكِنَّهُ قَالَ: «لَنْ آكُلَ حَتَّى أُخْبِرَكُمْ بِمَا يَجِبُ أَنْ أَقُولَهُ». فَقَالَ لَهُ: «تَكَلَّمْ».

So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant.

فَقَالَ: «أَنَا عَبْدُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،

The Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

وَقَدْ أَغْدَقَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى مَوْلايَ بَرَكَاتٍ جَمَّةً فَصَارَ عَظِيماً، إِذْ أَنْعَمَ عَلَيْهِ بِغَنَمٍ وَبَقَرٍ وَفِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَعَبِيدٍ وَإِمَاءٍ وَجِمَالٍ وَحَمِيرٍ.

My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.

وَأَنْجَبَتْ سَارَةُ امْرَأَةُ سَيِّدِي بَعْدَ أَنْ شَاخَتِ ابْناً لِسَيِّدِي أَوْرَثَهُ كُلَّ مَالَهُ

And my master made me swear an oath, and said, ‘You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,

وَقَدِ اسْتَحْلَفَنِي سَيِّدِي أَلّا آخُذَ زَوْجَةً لابْنِهِ مِنْ بَنَاتِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ يَسْكُنُ أَرْضَهُمْ،

but go to my father’s family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.’

بَلْ أَذْهَبُ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ وَعَشِيرَتِهِ وَآخُذُ لابْنِهِ مِنْهُمْ زَوْجَةً.

“Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’

فَقُلْتُ لِسَيِّدِي: قَدْ تَأْبَى الْفَتَاةُ أَنْ تَتْبَعَنِي إِلَى هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ.

“He replied, ‘The Lord, before whom I have walked faithfully, will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father’s family.

فَأَجَابَنِي: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ الَّذِي سَلَكْتُ أَمَامَهُ، هُوَ يُرْسِلُ مَلاكَهُ مَعَكَ وَيُوَفِّقُ مَسْعَاكَ فَتَأْخُذُ لابْنِي زَوْجَةً مِنْ عَشِيرَتِي وَمِنْ بَيْتِ أَبِي.

You will be released from my oath if, when you go to my clan, they refuse to give her to you—then you will be released from my oath.’

وَإذَا قَدِمْتَ عَلَى قَوْمِي وَرَفَضُوا أَنْ يُعْطُوكَ إِيَّاهَا تَكُونُ آنَئِذٍ فِي حِلٍّ مِنْ حَلْفِي.

“When I came to the spring today, I said, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which I have come.

فَأَقْبَلْتُ الْيَوْمَ عَلَى الْعَيْنِ وَقُلْتُ: أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ، إِلَهَ سَيِّدِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ. أَرْجُوكَ أَنْ تُوَفِّقَ مَسْعَايَ الَّذِي مِنْ أَجْلِهِ قُمْتُ بِهَذِهِ الرِّحْلَةِ.

See, I am standing beside this spring. If a young woman comes out to draw water and I say to her, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar,”

هَا أَنَا وَاقِفٌ عِنْدَ بِئْرِ الْمَاءِ، فَلْيَكُنْ أَنَّ الْفَتَاةَ الَّتِي تَأْتِي لِتَسْتَقِيَ، وَالَّتِي أَطْلُبُ مِنْهَا أَنْ تَسْقِيَنِي بَعْضَ الْمَاءِ،

and if she says to me, “Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels too,” let her be the one the Lord has chosen for my master’s son.’

فَتَقُولُ لِي: اشْرَبْ أَنْتَ، وَأَنَا أَسْتَقِي لِجِمَالِكَ أَيْضاً، تَكُونُ هِيَ الْفَتَاةَ الَّتِي عَيَّنَهَا الرَّبُّ لابْنِ سَيِّدِي.

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

وَبَيْنَمَا كُنْتُ أُنَاجِي نَفْسِي بِهَذَا الْكَلامِ، إِذَا رِفْقَةُ قَادِمَةٌ، حَامِلَةً جَرَّةً عَلَى كَتِفِهَا، فَنَزَلَتْ إِلَى الْعَيْنِ وَاسْتَقَتْ، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: أَرْجُوكِ أَنْ تَسْقِينِي

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

فَأَسْرَعَتْ وَوَضَعَتْ جَرَّتَهَا عَنْهَا قَائِلَةً: اشْرَبْ وَأَنَا أَسْقِي جِمَالَكَ أَيْضاً.

“I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’

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

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

ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهَا: ابْنَةُ مَنْ أَنْتِ؟ فَأَجَابَتْ: ابْنَةُ بَتُوئِيلَ بْنِ نَاحُورَ الَّذِي أَنْجَبَتْهُ مِلْكَةُ لَهُ. فَوَضَعْتُ الْخِزَامَةَ فِي أَنْفِهَا وَالسِّوَارَيْنِ عَلَى يَدَيْهَا.

and I bowed down and worshiped the Lord. I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.

ثُمَّ خَرَرْتُ وَسَجَدْتُ وَبَارَكْتُ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ مَوْلايَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي هَدَانِي فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْقَوِيمِ لِآخُذَ ابْنَةَ أَخِي سَيِّدِي لابْنِهِ.

Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn.”

وَالآنَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُبْدُونَ لُطْفاً وَأَمَانَةً لِسَيِّدِي فَأَجِيبُوا طَلَبِي، وَإلَّا فَأَخْبِرُونِي لأَتَّجِهَ يَمِيناً أَوْ شِمَالاً».

Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the Lord; we can say nothing to you one way or the other.

فَأَجَابَ لابَانُ وَبَتُوئِيلُ: «قَدْ صَدَرَ هَذَا الأَمْرُ مِنَ الرَّبِّ، وَلا نَقْدِرُ أَنْ نَقُولَ لَكَ خَيْراً أَوْ شَرّاً.

Here is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has directed.”

هَا هِيَ رِفْقَةُ أَمَامَكَ، خُذْهَا وَامْضِ. لِتَكُنْ لابْنِ سَيِّدِكَ كَمَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ».

When Abraham’s servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.

فَمَا إِنْ سَمِعَ عَبْدُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَلامَهُمْ حَتَّى خَرَّ عَلَى الأَرْضِ سَاجِداً لِلرَّبِّ،

Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles of clothing and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother.

ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ جَوَاهِرَ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَمِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَثِيَاباً وَأَعْطَاهَا لِرِفْقَةَ، وَأَهْدَى أَيْضاً أَخَاهَا وَأُمَّهَا تُحَفاً

Then he and the men who were 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.”

وَأَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ هُوَ وَرِجَالُهُ، وَقَضَوْا لَيْلَتَهُمْ هُنَاكَ. وَعِنْدَمَا اسْتَيْقَظُوا فِي الصَّبَاحِ قَالَ: «أَطْلِقُونِي لأَعُودَ إِلَى سَيِّدِي».

But her brother and her mother replied, “Let the young woman remain with us ten days or so; then you^[e] may go.”

فَأَجَابَ أَخُوهَا وَأُمُّهَا: «دَعِ الْفَتَاةَ تَمْكُثُ مَعْنَا عَشَرَةَ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ نَحْوَهَا، ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَنْطَلِقُ».

But he said to them, “Do not detain me, now that the Lord has granted success to my journey. Send me on my way so I may go to my master.”

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لا تُعِيقُونِي فَالرَّبُّ وَفَّقَ مَسْعَايَ، أَطْلِقُونِي لأَمْضِيَ إِلَى سَيِّدِي».

Then they said, “Let’s call the young woman and ask her about it.”

فَقَالا: «نَدْعُو الْفَتَاةَ وَنَسْأَلُهَا رَأْيَهَا».

So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?”

“I will go,” she said.

فَدَعَيَا رِفْقَةَ وَسَأَلاهَا: «أَتَذْهَبِينَ مَعَ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ؟» فَأَجَابَتْ: «أَذْهَبُ».

So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.

فَصَرَفُوا رِفْقَةَ أُخْتَهُمْ وَمَعَهَا مُرَبِّيَتَهَا وَعَبْدَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَرِجَالَهُ،

And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,

وَبَارَكُوا رِفْقَةَ قَائِلِينَ لَهَا: «أَنْتِ أُخْتُنَا، فَلْتَتَكَاثَرِي لِتَصِيرِي أُلُوفَ أُلُوفٍ وَلْتَرِثْ ذُرِّيَّتُكِ مُدُنَ مُبْغِضِيهَا».

Then Rebekah and her attendants got ready and mounted the camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

فَنَهَضَتْ رِفْقَةُ وَفَتَيَاتُهَا وَرَكِبْنَ الْجِمَالَ وَتَبِعْنَ الرَّجُلَ. فَانْطَلَقَ الْعَبْدُ بِرِفْقَةَ وَمَضَى فِي طَرِيقِهِ.

Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.

وَكَانَ إِسْحاقُ الْمُقِيمُ آنَئِذٍ فِي النَّقَبِ قَدْ عَادَ مِنْ طَرِيقِ بِئْرِ «لَحَيْ رُئِي».

He went out to the field one evening to meditate,^[f] and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching.

فَخَرَجَ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ إِلَى الْحَقْلِ مُتَأَمِّلًا، وَإِذْ تَطَلَّعَ حَوْلَهُ شَاهَدَ جِمَالاً مُقْبِلَةً،

Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel

وَرَفَعَتْ رِفْقَةُ كَذَلِكَ عَيْنَيْهَا وَرَأَتْ إِسْحاقَ فَتَرَجَّلَتْ عَنِ الْجَمَلِ،

and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?”

“He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.

وَسَأَلَتِ الْعَبْدَ: «مَنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ الْمَاشِي فِي الْحَقْلِ لِلِقَائِنَا؟» فَقَالَ الْعَبْدُ: «هُوَ سَيِّدِي». فَتَنَاوَلَتِ الْحِجَابَ وَتَغَطَّتْ.

Then the servant told Isaac all he had done.

ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ الْعَبْدُ إِسْحاقَ بِكُلِّ الأُمُورِ الَّتِي قَامَ بِها.

Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

فَأَدْخَلَ إِسْحاقُ رِفْقَةَ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ أُمِّهِ سَارَةَ، وَتَزَوَّجَهَا وَأَحَبَّهَا وَتَعَزَّى بِها بَعْدَ مَوْتِ أُمِّهِ.