. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . n to the well and came up withthe jar she had filled. And the man ran to meether, and said to her, Let me drink, I pray thee. And she said, Drink, my Lord, and held the jarin her hand so that he could drink with ease. Then she said, I will give thy cam-els a drink;and she went down to the well and drew for all thecam-els. And the man stood still, and was yetin doubt if this was the maid whom God chose to beI-saacs wife. And as soon as the cam-els had drunk their fill,the man took a gold e^r-ring
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . n to the well and came up withthe jar she had filled. And the man ran to meether, and said to her, Let me drink, I pray thee. And she said, Drink, my Lord, and held the jarin her hand so that he could drink with ease. Then she said, I will give thy cam-els a drink;and she went down to the well and drew for all thecam-els. And the man stood still, and was yetin doubt if this was the maid whom God chose to beI-saacs wife. And as soon as the cam-els had drunk their fill,the man took a gold e^r-ring, and two bands of goldfor the wrists, and gave them to Re-bek-ah. Andhe said, Whose child art thou? tell me, I praythee. And is there room in thy sires house for usto lodge in ? The maid said that her sires name was Beth-u-el, and that there was no lack of straw and food,and there was room in the house where he and hismen might lodge. The man was glad when he heard this, for heknew the Lord had led him, and had brought himto the house to which he was sent. And he bowedhis head and gave thanks,. RE-BEK-AH JOUR-NEY-ING TO I SAAC 66 History of the Old Testament The next day Re-bek-ah and her maids wentwith A-bra-hams head man. And they came to theland of Ca-naan. At the close of the day I-saac went to walk in thefields, and as he raised his eyes he saw the cam-elson their way home, and he went out to meet them. Re-bek-ah said to the man with whom she rode,What man is this that comes through the field tomeet us? And the man told her that it was A-bra-hamsson, I-saac Then the maid drew her veil round her so as tohide her face, and came down from the cam-el. AndI-saac took her to his house and made her his A-bra-ham gave all that he had to I-saac; andwhen he died he was laid by the side of Sa-rah, hiswife, in the tomb he had bought at Mach-pe-lah. And to this day no one has had such faith ortrust in God as did A-bra-ham. CHAPTER IV. JA-COB AND E-SAU. I-saac and Re-bek-ah ha
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