Бытие 24
1 Авраам же бяше стар, заматеревший во днех: и Господь благослови Авраама во всех.
Abraham was old, and well advanced in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.
2 И рече Авраам рабу своему старейшему дому своего, обладающему всеми его: положи руку твою под стегно мое,
Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh.
3 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:
I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
4 но токмо на землю мою, идеже родихся, пойдеши, и ко племени моему, и поймеши жену сыну моему Исааку оттуду.
But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
5 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?
The servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?”
6 Рече же к нему Авраам: внемли себе, да не возвратиши сына моего онамо.
Abraham said to him, “Beware that you don’t bring my son there again.
7 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:
Yahweh, the God of heaven—who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, ‘I will give this land to your offspring—he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
8 аще же не восхощет жена поити с тобою в землю сию, чист будеши от заклятия моего: точию сына моего не возврати тамо.
If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”
9 И положи раб руку свою под стегно Авраама господина своего, и кляся ему о словеси сем.
The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
10 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:
The servant took ten of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
11 и постави велблюды вне града у кладязя воднаго под вечер, егда исходят (жены) почерпати воды,
He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
12 и рече: Господи, Боже господина моего Авраама, благоустрой предо мною днесь, и сотвори милость с господином моим Авраамом:
He said, “Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
13 се, аз стах у кладязя воднаго, дщери же живущих во граде исходят почерпати воды:
Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
14 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.
Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ then she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,’—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.”
15 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:
Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.
16 девица же бяше доброзрачна зело: дева бе, муж не позна ея. Сошедши же на кладязь, наполни водонос свой и взыде.
The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin. No man had known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.
17 Тече же раб во сретение ей и рече: напой мя мало водою от водоноса твоего.
The servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher.”
18 Сия же рече: пий, господине. И потщася, и сня водонос на мышца своя, и напои его, дондеже напися.
She said, “Drink, my lord.” She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him a drink.
19 И рече: и велблюдом твоим налию, дондеже вси напиются.
When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will also draw for your camels, until they have finished drinking.”
20 И потщася, и испраздни водонос в поило: и тече паки на кладязь почерпнути воды, и влия велблюдом всем.
She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
21 Человек же выразумеваше ю и помолчеваше, да уразумеет, аще благоустрои Бог путь ему, или ни.
The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not.
22 Бысть же егда престаша вси велблюды пиюще, взя человек усерязи златы весом по драхме и два запястия на руки ея: десять златниц вес их.
As the camels had done drinking, the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,
23 И вопроси ю и рече: чия еси дщерь? Повеждь ми, аще есть у отца твоего место нам витати?
and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father’s house for us to stay?”
24 Она же рече ему: дщерь Вафуилева есмь (сына) Мелхина, егоже роди Нахору.
She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”
25 И рече ему: и плевы и сена много у нас, и место витати.
She said moreover to him, “We have both straw and feed enough, and room to lodge in.”
26 И благословив человек, поклонися Господу
The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.
27 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.
He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me on the way to the house of my master’s relatives.”
28 И текши девица в дом матере своея, поведа по глаголом сим.
The young lady ran, and told her mother’s house about these words.
29 Ревекце же бяше брат, емуже имя Лаван: и тече Лаван к человеку вон на кладязь.
Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
30 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,
When he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “This is what the man said to me,” he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.
31 и рече ему: гряди, вниди благословенный от Господа, почто стоиши вне? Аз же уготовах храмину и место велблюдом.
He said, “Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.”
32 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:
The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
33 и предложи им хлебы ясти, и рече: не ям, дондеже возглаголю словеса моя. И рече: глаголи.
Food was set before him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told my message.” Laban said, “Speak on.”
34 И рече: раб Авраамль есмь аз:
He said, “I am Abraham’s servant.
35 Господь же благослови господина моего зело, и возвысися: и даде ему овцы и телцы, сребро и злато, рабы и рабыни, и велблюды и ослы:
Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. Yahweh has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
36 и роди Сарра, жена господина моего, сына единаго господину моему, состаревшемуся ему, и даде ему елика имяше:
Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.
37 и закля мя господин мой, глаголя: не поймеши жены сыну моему от дщерей Хананейских, в нихже аз обитаю в земли их:
My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,
38 но в дом отца моего пойдеши, и в племя мое, и поймеши жену сыну моему оттуду:
but you shall go to my father’s house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’
39 рех же (аз) господину моему: а егда не восхощет жена со мною ити?
I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’
40 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:
He said to me, ‘Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son from my relatives, and of my father’s house.
41 тогда будеши чист от заклинания моего: егда бо дойдеши в племя мое, и не дадят ти, и будеши чист от заклинания моего:
Then you will be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don’t give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.’
42 и пришед днесь на кладязь, рекох: Господи, Боже господина моего Авраама, аще Ты благоустрояеши путь мой, в оньже ныне аз иду:
I came today to the spring, and said, ‘Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go—
43 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:
behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes out to draw, to whom I will say, “Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,”
44 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.
then she tells me, “Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,”—let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my master’s son.’
45 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.
Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’
46 И потщавшися сня водонос с себе на мышцу свою и рече: пий ты, и велблюды твоя напою. И напихся, и велблюды моя напои.
She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.’ So I drank, and she also gave the camels a drink.
47 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,
I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.
48 и благоволив поклонихся Господу: и благослових Господа Бога господина моего Авраама, Иже благоустрои мя на пути истины пояти дщерь брата господина моего сыну его:
I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son.
49 аще убо сотворите вы милость и правду к господину моему: аще же ни, поведите ми: да обращуся или на десно, или на лево.
Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.”
50 Отвещавша же Лаван и Вафуил, рекоста: от Господа прииде дело сие: не возможем ти противу рещи зло или благо:
Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can’t speak to you bad or good.
51 се, Ревекка пред тобою: поемь ю, иди: и да будет жена сыну господина твоего, якоже глагола Господь.
Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as Yahweh has spoken.”
52 Бысть же егда услыша раб Авраамль словеса сия, поклонися до земли Господу.
When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.
53 И изнес раб сосуды златы и сребряны и ризы, даде Ревекце: и дары даде брату ея и матери ея.
The servant brought out jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and her mother.
54 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.
They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master.”
55 Реша же братия ея и мати: да пребудет девица с нами яко десять дний, и посем пойдет.
Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.”
56 Он же рече к ним: не держите мя, Господь бо благоустрои путь мой во мне: отпустите мя, да иду к господину моему.
He said to them, “Don’t hinder me, since Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.”
57 Они же реша: призовем девицу и вопросим ея изоуст.
They said, “We will call the young lady, and ask her.”
58 И призваша Ревекку и реша ей: пойдеши ли с человеком сим? Она же рече: пойду.
They called Rebekah, and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” She said, “I will go.”
59 И отпустиша Ревекку сестру свою, и имения ея, и раба Авраамля, и иже с ним быша.
They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham’s servant, and his men.
60 И благословиша Ревекку и реша ей: сестра наша еси, буди в тысящы тем, и да наследит семя твое грады супостат.
They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your offspring possess the gate of those who hate them.”
61 Воставши же Ревекка и рабыни ея, вседоша на велблюды и поидоша с человеком. И поим раб Ревекку, отиде.
Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
62 Исаак же прехождаше сквозе пустыню у кладязя Видения: сам же живяше на земли на полудне.
Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the South.
63 И изыде Исаак поглумитися на поле к вечеру, и воззрев очима своима, виде велблюды идущыя.
Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his eyes and looked. Behold, there were camels coming.
64 И воззревши Ревекка очима своима, виде Исаака: и изскочи с велблюда.
Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she got off the camel.
65 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.
She said to the servant, “Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” She took her veil, and covered herself.
66 И поведа раб Исааку вся словеса, яже сотвори.
The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
67 Вниде же Исаак в дом матере своея, и поя Ревекку, и бысть ему жена: и возлюби ю, и утешися Исаак по Сарре матери своей.
Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
