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Genesis 24:11

9 So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

10 Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.

As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.

12 “O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

13 Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

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BSB
As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
KJV
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
WEB
He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
ASV
And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
DARBY
And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water, at the time of the evening, when the women came out to draw [water].
BLB
And he made the camels kneel … outside of the city by the well of water at the time of the evening, the time of the coming out of the women who draw water.
ÅB
Og han lot kamelene legge seg utenfor byen ved brønnen ved aftenstid, den tid da kvinnene pleier å komme ut og hente vann.
OTB
Han lot kamelene knele utenfor byen ved vannbrønnen om kvelden, den tiden da kvinnene pleier å gå ut for å hente vann.
B1930
Og han lot kamelene legge sig utenfor byen ved brønnen ved aftenstid, den tid da kvinnene pleier å komme ut og hente vann.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 9:11

    And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”

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  • Exodus 2:16

    Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

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  • John 4:7

    When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

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  • Genesis 33:13–14

    But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.

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  • Genesis 24:13–20

    Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

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  • Proverbs 12:10

    A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

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