^{13 Ref} See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get water:

^{14 Ref} Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.

^{15 Ref} And even before his words were ended, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water-vessel on her arm.

^{16 Ref} She was a very beautiful girl, a virgin, who had never been touched by a man: and she went down to the spring to get water in her vessel.

^{17 Ref} And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.

^{18 Ref} And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink.

^{19 Ref} And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough.

²⁰ And after putting the water from her vessel into the animals' drinking-place, she went quickly back to the spring and got water for all the camels.