When La'ban, who was Re-bek'ah's brother, and Be-thu'el, her father, heard how A'bra-ham had sent his servant up to Ha'ran to find a wife for I'saac, and how E-li-e'zer had seen the will of God in the choice of Re-bek'ah, they both exclaimed, "Surely this comes from the LORD. Here is Re-bek'ah, take her, and let her be the wife of your master's son."
Early the next morning E-li-e'zer prepared at once for the journey back to Ca'naan, but Re-bek'ah's family felt that they could not let her go away so soon. They asked that E-li-e'zer tarry with them, and that the return trip be delayed for ten days. A'bra-ham's servant felt, however, that his master's business required haste, and insisted that it was God's will that he go at once. His mission had been carried out, so the woman chosen by the LORD to become I'saac's wife must be taken to him without further delay. When Re-bek'ah was consulted about the matter she said, "I will go at once."
