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Genesis 24:19

Serving others

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.

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.

21 Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.

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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
After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”
KJV
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
WEB
When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will also draw for your camels, until they have finished drinking.”
ASV
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
DARBY
And when she had given him enough to drink, she said, I will draw [water] for thy camels also, until they have drunk enough.
BLB
And she finished giving him a drink, and she said, “Also for your camels I will draw until … they have finished drinking.”
ÅB
Og da hun hadde latt ham drikke så meget han ville, sa hun: Jeg vil også hente vann til dine kameler, til de har fått nok.
OTB
Da hun hadde gitt ham å drikke, sa hun: "Jeg vil også dra opp vann til kamelene dine til de har drukket ferdig."
B1930
Og da hun hadde latt ham drikke så meget han vilde, sa hun: Jeg vil også hente vann til dine kameler, til de har fått nok.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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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  • Genesis 24:45–46

    And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’

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  • 1 Peter 4:9

    Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

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