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Genesis 24:16

14 Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

15 Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.

17 So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”

18 “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
KJV
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
WEB
The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin. No man had known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.
ASV
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her. And she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
DARBY
And the maiden was very fair in countenance; a virgin, and no man had known her. And she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
BLB
And the young woman [was] very beautiful of appearance, a virgin, and no man had known her; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.
ÅB
Det var en meget vakker pike, en jomfru, som ingen mann var kommet nær. Hun gikk ned til kilden og fylte sin krukke og steg opp igjen.
OTB
Den unge kvinnen var meget vakker, en jomfru; ingen mann hadde ligget med henne. Hun gikk ned til kilden, fylte sin krukke og kom opp igjen.
B1930
Det var en meget vakker pike, en jomfru, som ingen mann var kommet nær. Hun gikk ned til kilden og fylte sin krukke og steg op igjen.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 26:7

    But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”

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  • Genesis 39:6

    So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

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  • Numbers 31:17–18

    So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,

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  • Genesis 4:1

    And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.

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