Homilies on Genesis, Homilia IX
Abraham’s servant sworn; journey for a wife§1
1Abraham binds the elder servant by oath: not a wife from the Canaanites for his son, but from his kin. Camels are laden; prayer is made at the well.
Latin · §1
Abraham seniorem servum iurat: non uxorem de Chananaeis filio, sed de cognatione. Cameli onusti; oratio ad puteum.
Rebecca at the well; watering the camels§2
2Rebecca comes out, draws water, and waters the camels too. The prayer’s sign is fulfilled. Earrings and bracelets — ornaments of an obedient soul.
Latin · §2
Rebecca egreditur, haurit, camelos etiam potat. Signum orationis impletur. Inaures et armillae — ornamenta animae obedientis.
Rebecca follows; Isaac meets her — Homilia IX CLOSEOUT§3
3Will you go? I will go. They follow. Isaac meditates in the field and brings her into Sarah’s tent. This is Homily IX’s end. Amen.
Latin · §3
Vis frater? Vadam. Sequuntur. Isaac mediatur in agro; ducit eam in tabernaculum Sarae. Haec Homiliae IX finis. Amen.