Genesis 24
1 By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
Авраам же бяше стар, заматеревший во днех: и Господь благослови Авраама во всех.
2 So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
И рече Авраам рабу своему старейшему дому своего, обладающему всеми его: положи руку твою под стегно мое,
3 and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
и заклену тя Господем Богом небесе и Богом земли, да не поймеши сыну моему Исааку жены от дщерей Хананейских, с нимиже аз живу в них:
4 but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
но токмо на землю мою, идеже родихся, пойдеши, и ко племени моему, и поймеши жену сыну моему Исааку оттуду.
5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
Рече же к нему раб: еда убо не восхощет ити жена вслед со мною на землю сию, возвращу ли сына твоего в землю, от неяже изшел еси?
6 Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
Рече же к нему Авраам: внемли себе, да не возвратиши сына моего онамо.
7 The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
Господь Бог небесе и Бог земли, Иже поя мя из дому отца моего и от земли, в нейже родихся, Иже глагола мне и Иже кляся мне, глаголя: тебе дам землю сию и семени твоему, Той послет Ангела Своего пред тобою, и поймеши жену сыну моему Исааку оттуду:
8 And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
аще же не восхощет жена поити с тобою в землю сию, чист будеши от заклятия моего: точию сына моего не возврати тамо.
9 So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
И положи раб руку свою под стегно Авраама господина своего, и кляся ему о словеси сем.
10 Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
И взя раб десять велблюд от велблюд господина своего, и от всех благ господина своего с собою, и востав иде в Месопотамию во град Нахоров:
11 As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
и постави велблюды вне града у кладязя воднаго под вечер, егда исходят (жены) почерпати воды,
12 “O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
и рече: Господи, Боже господина моего Авраама, благоустрой предо мною днесь, и сотвори милость с господином моим Авраамом:
13 Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
се, аз стах у кладязя воднаго, дщери же живущих во граде исходят почерпати воды:
14 Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
и будет девица, ейже аз реку: преклони водонос твой, да пию, и речет ми: пий ты, и велблюды твоя напою, дондеже напиются: сию уготовал еси рабу Твоему Исааку: и по сему увем, яко сотворил еси милость с господином моим Авраамом.
15 Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
И бысть прежде неже скончати ему глаголющу во уме своем, и се, Ревекка исхождаше, яже родися Вафуилу, сыну Мелхи жены Нахора, брата же Авраамля, держащи водонос на рамех своих:
16 Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
девица же бяше доброзрачна зело: дева бе, муж не позна ея. Сошедши же на кладязь, наполни водонос свой и взыде.
17 So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”
Тече же раб во сретение ей и рече: напой мя мало водою от водоноса твоего.
18 “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
Сия же рече: пий, господине. И потщася, и сня водонос на мышца своя, и напои его, дондеже напися.
19 After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”
И рече: и велблюдом твоим налию, дондеже вси напиются.
20 And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.
И потщася, и испраздни водонос в поило: и тече паки на кладязь почерпнути воды, и влия велблюдом всем.
21 Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.
Человек же выразумеваше ю и помолчеваше, да уразумеет, аще благоустрои Бог путь ему, или ни.
22 And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
Бысть же егда престаша вси велблюды пиюще, взя человек усерязи златы весом по драхме и два запястия на руки ея: десять златниц вес их.
23 “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
И вопроси ю и рече: чия еси дщерь? Повеждь ми, аще есть у отца твоего место нам витати?
24 She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
Она же рече ему: дщерь Вафуилева есмь (сына) Мелхина, егоже роди Нахору.
25 Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”
И рече ему: и плевы и сена много у нас, и место витати.
26 Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
И благословив человек, поклонися Господу
27 saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
и рече: благословен Господь Бог господина моего Авраама, Иже не остави правды Своея и истины от господина моего: и мене благоустрои Господь в дом брата господина моего.
28 The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
И текши девица в дом матере своея, поведа по глаголом сим.
29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.
Ревекце же бяше брат, емуже имя Лаван: и тече Лаван к человеку вон на кладязь.
30 As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
И бысть егда виде усерязи, и запястия на руку сестры своея, и егда слыша словеса Ревекки сестры своея, глаголющия: сице глагола мне человек: и прииде к человеку, стоящу ему у велблюд у кладязя,
31 “Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
и рече ему: гряди, вниди благословенный от Господа, почто стоиши вне? Аз же уготовах храмину и место велблюдом.
32 So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
И вниде человек в дом, и разседла велблюды, и даде плевы и сено велблюдом, и воду умыти нозе его, и ноги мужем, иже бяху с ним:
33 Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”
и предложи им хлебы ясти, и рече: не ям, дондеже возглаголю словеса моя. И рече: глаголи.
34 “I am Abraham’s servant,” he replied.
И рече: раб Авраамль есмь аз:
35 “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
Господь же благослови господина моего зело, и возвысися: и даде ему овцы и телцы, сребро и злато, рабы и рабыни, и велблюды и ослы:
36 My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
и роди Сарра, жена господина моего, сына единаго господину моему, состаревшемуся ему, и даде ему елика имяше:
37 My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,
и закля мя господин мой, глаголя: не поймеши жены сыну моему от дщерей Хананейских, в нихже аз обитаю в земли их:
38 but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
но в дом отца моего пойдеши, и в племя мое, и поймеши жену сыну моему оттуду:
39 Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’
рех же (аз) господину моему: а егда не восхощет жена со мною ити?
40 And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.
И рече ми: Господь Бог, Емуже благоугодих пред ним, он послет Ангела Своего с тобою и благоустроит путь твой, и поймеши жену сыну моему от племене моего и от дому отца моего:
41 And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’
тогда будеши чист от заклинания моего: егда бо дойдеши в племя мое, и не дадят ти, и будеши чист от заклинания моего:
42 So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
и пришед днесь на кладязь, рекох: Господи, Боже господина моего Авраама, аще Ты благоустрояеши путь мой, в оньже ныне аз иду:
43 Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
се, аз стах у кладязя воднаго, и дщери граждан исходят почерпати воды: и будет девица, ейже аще аз реку: напой мя от водоноса твоего мало водою:
44 and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
и речет ми: и ты пий, и велблюдом твоим влию: сия (будет) жена, юже уготова Господь рабу Своему Исааку: и по сему уразумею, яко сотворил еси милость господину моему Аврааму.
45 And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’
И бысть прежде неже скончати мне глаголющу во уме своем, абие Ревекка исхождаше держащи водонос на раму, и сниде на кладязь, и почерпе воды: и рекох ей: напой мя.
46 She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.
И потщавшися сня водонос с себе на мышцу свою и рече: пий ты, и велблюды твоя напою. И напихся, и велблюды моя напои.
47 Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
И вопросих ю и рекох: чия еси дщерь? Повеждь ми. Она же рече: дщерь Вафуилева есмь сына Нахорова, егоже роди ему Мелха. И дах ей усерязи, и запястия на руце ея,
48 Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
и благоволив поклонихся Господу: и благослових Господа Бога господина моего Авраама, Иже благоустрои мя на пути истины пояти дщерь брата господина моего сыну его:
49 Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”
аще убо сотворите вы милость и правду к господину моему: аще же ни, поведите ми: да обращуся или на десно, или на лево.
50 Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.
Отвещавша же Лаван и Вафуил, рекоста: от Господа прииде дело сие: не возможем ти противу рещи зло или благо:
51 Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”
се, Ревекка пред тобою: поемь ю, иди: и да будет жена сыну господина твоего, якоже глагола Господь.
52 When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
Бысть же егда услыша раб Авраамль словеса сия, поклонися до земли Господу.
53 Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.
И изнес раб сосуды златы и сребряны и ризы, даде Ревекце: и дары даде брату ея и матери ея.
54 Then he and the men 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.”
И ядоша и пиша и той и мужие, иже бяху с ним, и почиша. И востав заутра, рече: отпустите мя, да отиду к господину моему.
55 But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
Реша же братия ея и мати: да пребудет девица с нами яко десять дний, и посем пойдет.
56 But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”
Он же рече к ним: не держите мя, Господь бо благоустрои путь мой во мне: отпустите мя, да иду к господину моему.
57 So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”
Они же реша: призовем девицу и вопросим ея изоуст.
58 They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.
И призваша Ревекку и реша ей: пойдеши ли с человеком сим? Она же рече: пойду.
59 So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
И отпустиша Ревекку сестру свою, и имения ея, и раба Авраамля, и иже с ним быша.
60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
И благословиша Ревекку и реша ей: сестра наша еси, буди в тысящы тем, и да наследит семя твое грады супостат.
61 Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
Воставши же Ревекка и рабыни ея, вседоша на велблюды и поидоша с человеком. И поим раб Ревекку, отиде.
62 Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
Исаак же прехождаше сквозе пустыню у кладязя Видения: сам же живяше на земли на полудне.
63 Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.
И изыде Исаак поглумитися на поле к вечеру, и воззрев очима своима, виде велблюды идущыя.
64 And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
И воззревши Ревекка очима своима, виде Исаака: и изскочи с велблюда.
65 and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
И рече рабу: кто есть человек оный, иже идет по полю во сретение нам? Рече же раб: сей есть господин мой. Она же вземши ризу летнюю, облечеся.
66 Then the servant told Isaac all that he had done.
И поведа раб Исааку вся словеса, яже сотвори.
67 And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
Вниде же Исаак в дом матере своея, и поя Ревекку, и бысть ему жена: и возлюби ю, и утешися Исаак по Сарре матери своей.
