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Genesis 24:18

Serving others

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.

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

“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.”

20 And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.

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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
“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
KJV
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
WEB
She said, “Drink, my lord.” She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him a drink.
ASV
And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
DARBY
And she said, Drink, my lord! And she hasted and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him to drink.
BLB
And she said, “Drink, my lord.” And she hurried and lowered her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink.
ÅB
Og hun sa: Drikk, herre! Og hun skyndte seg og tok krukken ned i sin hånd og lot ham få drikke.
OTB
"Drikk, min herre," sa hun, og senket raskt krukken til hendene sine og ga ham å drikke.
B1930
Og hun sa: Drikk, herre! Og hun skyndte sig og tok krukken ned i sin hånd og lot ham få drikke.

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Cross references

  • 1 Peter 3:8

    Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.

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  • Proverbs 31:26

    She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

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  • 1 Peter 4:8–9

    Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

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  • Genesis 24:14

    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.”

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