Proverbs 17:2 A wise servant will rule over the [unworthy] son who acts shamefully and brings disgrace [to the family] And [the worthy servant] will share in the inheritan...

17:2 AMP

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Amplified Bible - A wise servant will rule over the [unworthy] son who acts shamefully and brings disgrace [to the family] And [the worthy servant] will share in the inheritance among the brothers.
新标点和合本 - 仆人办事聪明，必管辖贻羞之子，又在众子中同分产业。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 明智的仆人必管辖蒙羞的儿子，并在兄弟中同分产业。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 明智的仆人必管辖蒙羞的儿子，并在兄弟中同分产业。
当代译本 - 精明的仆人必管辖家主的不肖子，并与他们一同承受家业。
圣经新译本 - 明慧的仆人，必管辖主人贻羞的儿子；又可以在众儿子中同分产业。
中文标准译本 - 明达的奴仆必管辖主人蒙羞的儿子，并将在兄弟中间分得继业。
现代标点和合本 - 仆人办事聪明，必管辖贻羞之子，又在众子中同分产业。
和合本（拼音版） - 仆人办事聪明，必管辖贻羞之子，又在众子中同分产业。
New International Version - A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
New International Reader's Version - A wise servant will rule over a shameful child. He will be given part of the property as if he were a family member.
English Standard Version - A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
New Living Translation - A wise servant will rule over the master’s disgraceful son and will share the inheritance of the master’s children.
The Message - A wise servant takes charge of an unruly child and is honored as one of the family.
Christian Standard Bible - A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share an inheritance among brothers.
New American Standard Bible - A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, And will share in the inheritance among brothers.
New King James Version - A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, And will share an inheritance among the brothers.
American Standard Version - A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.
King James Version - A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
New English Translation - A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.
World English Bible - A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
新標點和合本 - 僕人辦事聰明，必管轄貽羞之子，又在眾子中同分產業。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 明智的僕人必管轄蒙羞的兒子，並在兄弟中同分產業。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 明智的僕人必管轄蒙羞的兒子，並在兄弟中同分產業。
當代譯本 - 精明的僕人必管轄家主的不肖子，並與他們一同承受家業。
聖經新譯本 - 明慧的僕人，必管轄主人貽羞的兒子；又可以在眾兒子中同分產業。
呂振中譯本 - 辦事聰明的僕人必管轄貽羞之子，而在眾族弟兄中同分產業。
中文標準譯本 - 明達的奴僕必管轄主人蒙羞的兒子，並將在兄弟中間分得繼業。
現代標點和合本 - 僕人辦事聰明，必管轄貽羞之子，又在眾子中同分產業。
文理和合譯本 - 用智之奴、必治貽羞之子、與其昆弟同分遺業、
文理委辦譯本 - 子不肖而家宰賢、督率諸子、分其遺業。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 明哲之奴、必治主人之不肖子、亦在主人眾子中、得分遺業、
Nueva Versión Internacional - El siervo sabio gobernará al hijo sinvergüenza, y compartirá la herencia con los otros hermanos.
현대인의 성경 - 슬기로운 종은 주인의 못된 아들을 다스리며 주인의 아들들과 함께 유산을 받을 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Мудрый слуга будет править беспутным сыном и получит долю наследства среди братьев.
Восточный перевод - Мудрый раб будет править беспутным сыном хозяина и получит долю наследства, как один из братьев.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Мудрый раб будет править беспутным сыном хозяина и получит долю наследства, как один из братьев.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Мудрый раб будет править беспутным сыном хозяина и получит долю наследства, как один из братьев.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Le serviteur intelligent gouvernera le fils indigne et recevra sa part d’héritage avec les frères.
リビングバイブル - 賢い使用人は、主人の恥知らずの息子を監督し、財産の分け前をもらいます。
Nova Versão Internacional - O servo sábio dominará sobre o filho de conduta vergonhosa e participará da herança como um dos irmãos.
Hoffnung für alle - Ein fähiger Diener tritt an die Stelle eines nichtsnutzigen Sohnes, ja, er darf sich zusammen mit den anderen Söhnen das Erbe teilen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chủ để nô lệ khôn ngoan quản trị đứa con ngỗ nghịch cho nó đồng hưởng gia tài giữa các anh em.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - คนรับใช้ที่ฉลาดจะปกครองลูกที่ไม่เอาถ่าน และเขาจะได้รับส่วนแบ่งมรดกเหมือนลูกคนหนึ่ง
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ผู้รับใช้ที่ชาญฉลาดจะเป็นผู้ควบคุมลูกเจ้านายที่ประพฤติตัวอย่างน่าอับอาย และจะได้รับส่วนแบ่งจากมรดกร่วมกับลูกๆ

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Proverbs 11:29 - He who troubles (mismanages) his own house will inherit the wind (nothing), And the foolish will be a servant to the wise-hearted.
Genesis 24:4 - but you will [instead] go to my [former] country (Mesopotamia) and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac [the heir of the covenant promise].”
Genesis 24:5 - The servant said to him, “Suppose the woman will not be willing to follow me back to this country; should I take your son back to the country from which you came?”
Genesis 24:6 - Abraham said to him, “See to it that you do not take my son back there!
Genesis 24:7 - The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, from the land of my family and my birth, who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you [to guide you], and you will take a wife from there for my son [and bring her here].
Genesis 24:8 - If the woman is not willing to follow you [to this land], then you will be free from this my oath and blameless; only you must never take my son back there.”
Genesis 24:9 - So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
Genesis 24:10 - Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels, and set out, taking some of his master’s good things with him; so he got up and journeyed to Mesopotamia [between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers], to the city of Nahor [the home of Abraham’s brother].
Genesis 24:11 - He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of the evening when women go out to draw water.
Genesis 24:12 - And he said, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness (faithfulness) to my master Abraham.
Genesis 24:13 - Behold, I stand here at the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water;
Genesis 24:14 - now let it be that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please, let down your jar so that I may [have a] drink,’ and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels water to drink’—may she be the one whom You have selected [as a wife] for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness (faithfulness) to my master.”
Genesis 24:15 - Before Eliezer had finished speaking (praying), Rebekah came out with her [water] jar on her shoulder. Rebekah was the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
Genesis 24:16 - The girl was very beautiful, a virgin and unmarried; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.
Genesis 24:17 - Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.”
Genesis 24:18 - And she said, “Drink, my lord”; and she quickly lowered her jar to her hand, and gave him a drink.
Genesis 24:19 - When she had given Eliezer a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels until they have finished drinking.”
Genesis 24:20 - So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran again to the well and drew water for all his camels.
Genesis 24:21 - Meanwhile, the man stood gazing at Rebekah in [reverent] silence, [waiting] to know if the Lord had made his trip successful or not.
Genesis 24:22 - When the camels had finished drinking, Eliezer took a gold ring weighing a half-shekel and two bracelets for her hands weighing ten shekels in gold,
Genesis 24:23 - and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to lodge?”
Genesis 24:24 - And she said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, Milcah’s son, whom she bore to [her husband] Nahor.”
Genesis 24:25 - Again she said to him, “We have plenty of both straw and feed, and also room to lodge.”
Genesis 24:26 - The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord.
Genesis 24:27 - He said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not denied His lovingkindness and His truth to my master. As for me, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brothers.”
Genesis 24:28 - Then the girl ran and told her mother’s household what had happened.
Genesis 24:29 - Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran out to the man at the well.
Genesis 24:30 - When he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and when he heard Rebekah his sister, saying, “The man said this to me,” he went to Eliezer and found him standing by the camels at the spring.
Genesis 24:31 - And Laban said, “Come in, blessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside since I have made the house ready and have prepared a place for the camels?”
Genesis 24:32 - So the man came into the house, and Laban unloaded his camels and gave them straw and feed, and [he gave] water to [Eliezer to] wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
Genesis 24:33 - But when food was set before him, he said, “I will not eat until I have stated my business.” And Laban said, “Speak on.”
Genesis 24:34 - So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant.
Genesis 24:35 - The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great (wealthy, powerful); He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys.
Genesis 24:36 - Now Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she was in her old age, and he has given everything that he has to him.
Genesis 24:37 - My master made me swear [an oath], saying, ‘You must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live;
Genesis 24:38 - but you shall [instead] go to my father’s house and to my family and take a wife for my son [Isaac].’
Genesis 24:39 - Then I said to my master, ‘But suppose the woman will not follow me [back to this land].’
Genesis 24:40 - He said to me, ‘The Lord, before whom I walk [habitually and obediently], will send His angel with you to make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father’s house;
Genesis 24:41 - then you will be free of my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will [also] be free of my oath.’
Genesis 24:42 - “I came today to the spring, and said, ‘O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I go successful;
Genesis 24:43 - please look, I am standing by the spring of water; now let it be that when the maiden [whom You have chosen for Isaac] comes out to draw [water], and to whom I say, “Please, give me a little water to drink from your jar”;
Genesis 24:44 - and if she says to me, “You drink, and I will also draw [water] for your camels”; let that woman be the one whom the Lord has selected and chosen [as a wife] for my master’s son.’
Genesis 24:45 - “Before I had finished praying in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her [water] jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. And I said to her, ‘Please, let me have a drink.’
Genesis 24:46 - And she quickly let down her jar from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will also water your camels’; so I drank, and she also watered the camels.
Genesis 24:47 - Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him’; and I put the ring in her nose, and the bracelets on her arms.
Genesis 24:48 - And I bowed down my head and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s brother to his son [as a wife].
Genesis 24:49 - So now if you are going to show kindness and truth to my master [being faithful to him], tell me; and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right or to the left [and go on my way].”
Genesis 24:50 - Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The matter has come from the Lord; so we dare not speak bad or good [to you about it—we cannot interfere].
Genesis 24:51 - Rebekah is before you; take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has spoken.”
Genesis 24:52 - When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground [in worship] before the Lord.
Genesis 24:53 - Then the servant brought out jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and articles of clothing, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and her mother.
Genesis 24:54 - Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night [there]. In the morning when they got up, he said, “Now send me back to my master.”
Genesis 24:55 - But Rebekah’s brother and mother said, “Let the girl stay with us a few days—at least ten; then she may go.”
Genesis 24:56 - But Eliezer said to them, “Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away, so that I may go back to my master.”
Genesis 24:57 - And they said, “We will call the girl and ask her what she prefers.”
Genesis 24:58 - So they called Rebekah and said, “Will you go with this man?” And she answered, “I will go.”
Genesis 24:59 - So they sent off their sister Rebekah and her nurse [Deborah, as her attendant] and Abraham’s servant [Eliezer] and his men.
Genesis 24:60 - They blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, Become [the mother of] thousands of ten thousands, And may your descendants possess (conquer) The [city] gate of those who hate them.”
Genesis 24:61 - Then Rebekah and her attendants stood, and they mounted camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.
Genesis 24:62 - Now Isaac had returned from going to Beer-lahai-roi (Well of the Living One Who Sees Me), for he was living in the Negev.
Genesis 24:63 - Isaac went out to bow down [in prayer] in the field in the [early] evening; he raised his eyes and looked, and camels were coming.
Genesis 24:64 - Rebekah also raised her eyes and looked, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from her camel.
Genesis 24:65 - She said to the servant, “Who is that man there walking across the field to meet us?” And the servant said, “He is my master [Isaac].” So she took a veil and covered herself [as was customary].
Genesis 24:66 - The servant told Isaac everything that he had done.
Genesis 24:67 - Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and he took Rebekah [in marriage], and she became his wife, and he loved her; therefore Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Proverbs 29:15 - The rod and reproof (godly instruction) give wisdom, But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.
Proverbs 19:26 - He who assaults his father and chases away his mother Is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
Proverbs 14:35 - The king’s favor and good will are toward a servant who acts wisely and discreetly, But his anger and wrath are toward him who acts shamefully.
Ecclesiastes 4:13 - A poor yet wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive instruction and counsel (friendly reproof, warning)—
Proverbs 10:5 - He who gathers during summer and takes advantage of his opportunities is a son who acts wisely, But he who sleeps during harvest and ignores the moment of opportunity is a son who acts shamefully.

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交叉引用

Amplified Bible - A wise servant will rule over the [unworthy] son who acts shamefully and brings disgrace [to the family] And [the worthy servant] will share in the inheritance among the brothers.
新标点和合本 - 仆人办事聪明，必管辖贻羞之子，又在众子中同分产业。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 明智的仆人必管辖蒙羞的儿子，并在兄弟中同分产业。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 明智的仆人必管辖蒙羞的儿子，并在兄弟中同分产业。
当代译本 - 精明的仆人必管辖家主的不肖子，并与他们一同承受家业。
圣经新译本 - 明慧的仆人，必管辖主人贻羞的儿子；又可以在众儿子中同分产业。
中文标准译本 - 明达的奴仆必管辖主人蒙羞的儿子，并将在兄弟中间分得继业。
现代标点和合本 - 仆人办事聪明，必管辖贻羞之子，又在众子中同分产业。
和合本（拼音版） - 仆人办事聪明，必管辖贻羞之子，又在众子中同分产业。
New International Version - A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
New International Reader's Version - A wise servant will rule over a shameful child. He will be given part of the property as if he were a family member.
English Standard Version - A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
New Living Translation - A wise servant will rule over the master’s disgraceful son and will share the inheritance of the master’s children.
The Message - A wise servant takes charge of an unruly child and is honored as one of the family.
Christian Standard Bible - A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share an inheritance among brothers.
New American Standard Bible - A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, And will share in the inheritance among brothers.
New King James Version - A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, And will share an inheritance among the brothers.
American Standard Version - A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.
King James Version - A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
New English Translation - A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.
World English Bible - A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
新標點和合本 - 僕人辦事聰明，必管轄貽羞之子，又在眾子中同分產業。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 明智的僕人必管轄蒙羞的兒子，並在兄弟中同分產業。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 明智的僕人必管轄蒙羞的兒子，並在兄弟中同分產業。
當代譯本 - 精明的僕人必管轄家主的不肖子，並與他們一同承受家業。
聖經新譯本 - 明慧的僕人，必管轄主人貽羞的兒子；又可以在眾兒子中同分產業。
呂振中譯本 - 辦事聰明的僕人必管轄貽羞之子，而在眾族弟兄中同分產業。
中文標準譯本 - 明達的奴僕必管轄主人蒙羞的兒子，並將在兄弟中間分得繼業。
現代標點和合本 - 僕人辦事聰明，必管轄貽羞之子，又在眾子中同分產業。
文理和合譯本 - 用智之奴、必治貽羞之子、與其昆弟同分遺業、
文理委辦譯本 - 子不肖而家宰賢、督率諸子、分其遺業。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 明哲之奴、必治主人之不肖子、亦在主人眾子中、得分遺業、
Nueva Versión Internacional - El siervo sabio gobernará al hijo sinvergüenza, y compartirá la herencia con los otros hermanos.
현대인의 성경 - 슬기로운 종은 주인의 못된 아들을 다스리며 주인의 아들들과 함께 유산을 받을 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Мудрый слуга будет править беспутным сыном и получит долю наследства среди братьев.
Восточный перевод - Мудрый раб будет править беспутным сыном хозяина и получит долю наследства, как один из братьев.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Мудрый раб будет править беспутным сыном хозяина и получит долю наследства, как один из братьев.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Мудрый раб будет править беспутным сыном хозяина и получит долю наследства, как один из братьев.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Le serviteur intelligent gouvernera le fils indigne et recevra sa part d’héritage avec les frères.
リビングバイブル - 賢い使用人は、主人の恥知らずの息子を監督し、財産の分け前をもらいます。
Nova Versão Internacional - O servo sábio dominará sobre o filho de conduta vergonhosa e participará da herança como um dos irmãos.
Hoffnung für alle - Ein fähiger Diener tritt an die Stelle eines nichtsnutzigen Sohnes, ja, er darf sich zusammen mit den anderen Söhnen das Erbe teilen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chủ để nô lệ khôn ngoan quản trị đứa con ngỗ nghịch cho nó đồng hưởng gia tài giữa các anh em.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - คนรับใช้ที่ฉลาดจะปกครองลูกที่ไม่เอาถ่าน และเขาจะได้รับส่วนแบ่งมรดกเหมือนลูกคนหนึ่ง
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ผู้รับใช้ที่ชาญฉลาดจะเป็นผู้ควบคุมลูกเจ้านายที่ประพฤติตัวอย่างน่าอับอาย และจะได้รับส่วนแบ่งจากมรดกร่วมกับลูกๆ

Proverbs 11:29 - He who troubles (mismanages) his own house will inherit the wind (nothing), And the foolish will be a servant to the wise-hearted.
Genesis 24:4 - but you will [instead] go to my [former] country (Mesopotamia) and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac [the heir of the covenant promise].”
Genesis 24:5 - The servant said to him, “Suppose the woman will not be willing to follow me back to this country; should I take your son back to the country from which you came?”
Genesis 24:6 - Abraham said to him, “See to it that you do not take my son back there!
Genesis 24:7 - The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, from the land of my family and my birth, who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you [to guide you], and you will take a wife from there for my son [and bring her here].
Genesis 24:8 - If the woman is not willing to follow you [to this land], then you will be free from this my oath and blameless; only you must never take my son back there.”
Genesis 24:9 - So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
Genesis 24:10 - Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels, and set out, taking some of his master’s good things with him; so he got up and journeyed to Mesopotamia [between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers], to the city of Nahor [the home of Abraham’s brother].
Genesis 24:11 - He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of the evening when women go out to draw water.
Genesis 24:12 - And he said, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness (faithfulness) to my master Abraham.
Genesis 24:13 - Behold, I stand here at the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water;
Genesis 24:14 - now let it be that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please, let down your jar so that I may [have a] drink,’ and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels water to drink’—may she be the one whom You have selected [as a wife] for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness (faithfulness) to my master.”
Genesis 24:15 - Before Eliezer had finished speaking (praying), Rebekah came out with her [water] jar on her shoulder. Rebekah was the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
Genesis 24:16 - The girl was very beautiful, a virgin and unmarried; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.
Genesis 24:17 - Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.”
Genesis 24:18 - And she said, “Drink, my lord”; and she quickly lowered her jar to her hand, and gave him a drink.
Genesis 24:19 - When she had given Eliezer a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels until they have finished drinking.”
Genesis 24:20 - So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran again to the well and drew water for all his camels.
Genesis 24:21 - Meanwhile, the man stood gazing at Rebekah in [reverent] silence, [waiting] to know if the Lord had made his trip successful or not.
Genesis 24:22 - When the camels had finished drinking, Eliezer took a gold ring weighing a half-shekel and two bracelets for her hands weighing ten shekels in gold,
Genesis 24:23 - and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to lodge?”
Genesis 24:24 - And she said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, Milcah’s son, whom she bore to [her husband] Nahor.”
Genesis 24:25 - Again she said to him, “We have plenty of both straw and feed, and also room to lodge.”
Genesis 24:26 - The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord.
Genesis 24:27 - He said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not denied His lovingkindness and His truth to my master. As for me, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brothers.”
Genesis 24:28 - Then the girl ran and told her mother’s household what had happened.
Genesis 24:29 - Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran out to the man at the well.
Genesis 24:30 - When he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and when he heard Rebekah his sister, saying, “The man said this to me,” he went to Eliezer and found him standing by the camels at the spring.
Genesis 24:31 - And Laban said, “Come in, blessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside since I have made the house ready and have prepared a place for the camels?”
Genesis 24:32 - So the man came into the house, and Laban unloaded his camels and gave them straw and feed, and [he gave] water to [Eliezer to] wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
Genesis 24:33 - But when food was set before him, he said, “I will not eat until I have stated my business.” And Laban said, “Speak on.”
Genesis 24:34 - So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant.
Genesis 24:35 - The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great (wealthy, powerful); He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys.
Genesis 24:36 - Now Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she was in her old age, and he has given everything that he has to him.
Genesis 24:37 - My master made me swear [an oath], saying, ‘You must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live;
Genesis 24:38 - but you shall [instead] go to my father’s house and to my family and take a wife for my son [Isaac].’
Genesis 24:39 - Then I said to my master, ‘But suppose the woman will not follow me [back to this land].’
Genesis 24:40 - He said to me, ‘The Lord, before whom I walk [habitually and obediently], will send His angel with you to make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father’s house;
Genesis 24:41 - then you will be free of my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will [also] be free of my oath.’
Genesis 24:42 - “I came today to the spring, and said, ‘O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I go successful;
Genesis 24:43 - please look, I am standing by the spring of water; now let it be that when the maiden [whom You have chosen for Isaac] comes out to draw [water], and to whom I say, “Please, give me a little water to drink from your jar”;
Genesis 24:44 - and if she says to me, “You drink, and I will also draw [water] for your camels”; let that woman be the one whom the Lord has selected and chosen [as a wife] for my master’s son.’
Genesis 24:45 - “Before I had finished praying in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her [water] jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. And I said to her, ‘Please, let me have a drink.’
Genesis 24:46 - And she quickly let down her jar from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will also water your camels’; so I drank, and she also watered the camels.
Genesis 24:47 - Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him’; and I put the ring in her nose, and the bracelets on her arms.
Genesis 24:48 - And I bowed down my head and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s brother to his son [as a wife].
Genesis 24:49 - So now if you are going to show kindness and truth to my master [being faithful to him], tell me; and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right or to the left [and go on my way].”
Genesis 24:50 - Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The matter has come from the Lord; so we dare not speak bad or good [to you about it—we cannot interfere].
Genesis 24:51 - Rebekah is before you; take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has spoken.”
Genesis 24:52 - When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground [in worship] before the Lord.
Genesis 24:53 - Then the servant brought out jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and articles of clothing, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and her mother.
Genesis 24:54 - Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night [there]. In the morning when they got up, he said, “Now send me back to my master.”
Genesis 24:55 - But Rebekah’s brother and mother said, “Let the girl stay with us a few days—at least ten; then she may go.”
Genesis 24:56 - But Eliezer said to them, “Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away, so that I may go back to my master.”
Genesis 24:57 - And they said, “We will call the girl and ask her what she prefers.”
Genesis 24:58 - So they called Rebekah and said, “Will you go with this man?” And she answered, “I will go.”
Genesis 24:59 - So they sent off their sister Rebekah and her nurse [Deborah, as her attendant] and Abraham’s servant [Eliezer] and his men.
Genesis 24:60 - They blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, Become [the mother of] thousands of ten thousands, And may your descendants possess (conquer) The [city] gate of those who hate them.”
Genesis 24:61 - Then Rebekah and her attendants stood, and they mounted camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.
Genesis 24:62 - Now Isaac had returned from going to Beer-lahai-roi (Well of the Living One Who Sees Me), for he was living in the Negev.
Genesis 24:63 - Isaac went out to bow down [in prayer] in the field in the [early] evening; he raised his eyes and looked, and camels were coming.
Genesis 24:64 - Rebekah also raised her eyes and looked, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from her camel.
Genesis 24:65 - She said to the servant, “Who is that man there walking across the field to meet us?” And the servant said, “He is my master [Isaac].” So she took a veil and covered herself [as was customary].
Genesis 24:66 - The servant told Isaac everything that he had done.
Genesis 24:67 - Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and he took Rebekah [in marriage], and she became his wife, and he loved her; therefore Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Proverbs 29:15 - The rod and reproof (godly instruction) give wisdom, But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.
Proverbs 19:26 - He who assaults his father and chases away his mother Is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
Proverbs 14:35 - The king’s favor and good will are toward a servant who acts wisely and discreetly, But his anger and wrath are toward him who acts shamefully.
Ecclesiastes 4:13 - A poor yet wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive instruction and counsel (friendly reproof, warning)—
Proverbs 10:5 - He who gathers during summer and takes advantage of his opportunities is a son who acts wisely, But he who sleeps during harvest and ignores the moment of opportunity is a son who acts shamefully.