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Eliezer and Rebekah at the well

Pieter Coecke van Aelst (draft)

Series of 10 tapestries with scenes from the life of Abraham

Royal Collection Hampton Court

important information here:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Abraham_(tapestries)

 

Latin inscription:

Cumque pervenisset ad fontem et sibi petenti Batuelis filia Rebecca ex hydria potum dedisset camelis hausisset filio Abrahae eam fore coniugem oraculo cognovit

 

English translation:

And when he (Eliezer) arrived at the well and - on his demand - Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel, had given him to drink from the water and also had ladled water for his camels, then he knew by divine inspiration that he had found the wife for the son (Isaac) of Abraham

 

Genesis Chapter 24, v. 15-18

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