A careful reader notices the sequence. In Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Genesis 24:47, Eliezer describes what he did at the well in a very particular order. First, he asked Rivekah whose daughter she was. Only after she answered — "The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nachor, whom Milkah bare to him" — did he set the jewel upon her brow and the bracelets on her hand.

The plain text of Genesis 24:22 seems to put the jewelry first, before the lineage question. The Targum, and the Rabbis following it, rearrange the order in the retelling. Why? Because the servant wants Laban and Bethuel to understand that he was not seduced by generosity and then forced to rationalize a bride. He was careful. He confirmed the family first, and then he adorned her.

There is a lesson here for every decision we make in a rush. The servant had already seen the chesed at the well. He had already received the answer to his prayer. And still he paused to ask one more question before he put the ring on her hand. Confirmation before commitment.

The Targum is quietly defending Rivekah's honor too. She was not a girl who took jewelry from a stranger and invented a family later. The family was already the right family. The servant verified it out loud. The chain was checked, and only then did the gold land.

Faith does not mean skipping the due diligence. Eliezer believed God had answered him, and he still asked the question.