Genesis 24:20
18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
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
- 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.
- KJV
- And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
- WEB
- She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
- ASV
- And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
- DARBY
- And she hasted and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw [water]; and she drew for all his camels.
- BLB
- And she hurried, and she emptied her jar into the trough, and she ran again to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.
- ÅB
- Og hun skyndte seg og tømte sin krukke i vanntrauet og løp nok en gang til brønnen etter vann og lot alle hans kameler få drikke.
- OTB
- Så tømte hun raskt krukken sin i trauet, løp tilbake til brønnen for å hente mer vann, og dro opp nok til alle kamelene hans.
- B1930
- Og hun skyndte sig og tømte sin krukke i vanntrauet og løp atter til brønnen efter vann og lot alle hans kameler få drikke.