Genesis 24:17
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.
16 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.
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.
19 After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”
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.
Compare
- BSB
- So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”
- KJV
- And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
- WEB
- The servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher.”
- ASV
- And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher.
- DARBY
- And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, sip a little water out of thy pitcher.
- BLB
- And the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.”
- ÅB
- Da løp tjeneren henne i møte og sa: Kjære, la meg få drikke litt vann av din krukke!
- OTB
- Tjeneren skyndte seg bort til henne og sa: "Vennligst gi meg litt vann fra krukken din."
- B1930
- Da løp tjeneren henne i møte og sa: Kjære, la mig få drikke litt vann av din krukke!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 4:7
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
Read in context1 Kings 17:10
So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
Read in contextIsaiah 21:14
Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
Read in contextGenesis 26:1–35
Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
Read in contextIsaiah 35:6–7
Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:25
And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Read in contextJohn 4:9
“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
Read in contextIsaiah 41:17–18
The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
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