The Columbian fountain., 1846-08-01
Rev. j.. I. WARD, Assistant Editor.
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ran again unto the well TO draw water. and
drew for all his camels find the man won-
derlng at her, held his peace, to wit whe-
ther the Lord had made his Journey pros-
porous or not And il came to pass, as
the camels had done drinking, that the man
took golden earring of half shekel
weight, and two bracelets for her hands Of
ten shekels weight Of gold; and said, Whose
daughter art thou tell me, / pray thee !;
IS there room in thy fathers house for us to
lodge IN And she said unto him, am the
daughter Of Bethuel the son of Milcah and
Major. She said moreover unto him. We
have both straw and provender enough, and \
room to lodge in. .And the man bowed
down his head, and worstipped the Lord.
04nd he said, Blessed be the Lord God Of
my master .Abraham, who hath not left des-
tltute my master of his mercy and his truth:
| being in the way, the Lord led me to the
house of my masters brethren. .And the
damse ran, and told them OF her mothers
house these things.
And Rebekah had a brother, whose name
was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the
man, unto the well. And it came TO pass,
when he saw the earring and bracelets
upon his sisters hands, and when he heard
the words of Rebekah his sister, thus spake
the man unto me that he came unto the man.
and, behold, he stood by the camels at the
well. And he said, come in, thou blessed
of the Lord whereforestandest thou with
out for | have prepared the house, and
room for the camels. And the man came
into the house: and he ungirded his CAM
els, and gave straw and provender for the
camels, and water to wash his feet, and the
mems feet that were with him, (as was the
custom in those days.) And there was
set meat before him to eat; but he said,
will not eat, uHtil have told mine err
rand. And he said, speak on. And he
said, | am Abraham's servant. And the
Lord hath blessed my master greatly and
he is become great: and he hath given
him flocks, and herds, and silver, and
gold, and men servants, and maid SER
wants, and camels, and asses And to
the son of his old age, he hath given all
he hath. And my master made me swear
saying, Thou shalt not take wife to nv
son of the daughters Of the Canaanites.
in whose land dwell: but thou shalt 90
unto my fathers house, and to my kim
dred, and take wife unto my son. And
said unto my master, PeIadventure the
woman will not follow me, &C., Here he
relates all the events before mentioned Il
And now If we will deal kindly and truly
with my master, tell me: if not, tell me-;
that may turn 10 the right hand, or turn
to the left Then Laban and Bethuel an
swered and said, The thing proceedeth
from the Lord we cannot speak unto thee
bad or good. Behold Rebekah is before
thee, take her and go, and let her be thy
sons wife as the Lord hath spo-
ken And It came to pass, that, when A bra
hams servant heard their words he wor-
shipped the Lord, bowing himself to the
earth. And the servant brought forth
jewels OF silver, and Jewels of gold, and
ralment, and gave them to Rebekah and
gave also to her brother and to her mother
precious things. And they did eat and drink,
he and the men that were with him, and tar
riedall night; and they rose up in the morning
and he said, Send me away unto my mas
ter And her brother and her mother said
Let the damsel abide with us few days,
at least ten: after that she shall go. And
he said unto them, Hinder me not see
ing the Lord hath prospered my way );
send me away that may go to my mas.
ter. And they said, We will call the
damsel, and inquire at her mouth And
they called Rebekah and said unto her..
Wilt thou go with this man : And she
said, will go.
And they sent away Rebekah theirs's-
Ter. and her nurse, and Abrahamls SER