Genesis 24:46
44 and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
45 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.’
She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.
47 Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
48 Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
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
- She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.
- KJV
- And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
- WEB
- She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.’ So I drank, and she also gave the camels a drink.
- ASV
- And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. So I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
- DARBY
- And she hasted and let down her pitcher from her [shoulder], and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. And I drank; and she gave the camels drink also.
- BLB
- And she hurried and lowered her jar from herself and said, ‘Drink, and also your camels I will give drink.’ And I drank, and also she gave a drink [to] the camels.
- ÅB
- Og hun skyndte seg og tok sin krukke ned og sa: Drikk, og jeg vil også la dine kameler få drikke. Så drakk jeg, og hun lot også kamelene få drikke.
- OTB
- Hun senket raskt krukken fra skulderen og sa: 'Drikk, og jeg vil også vanne kamelene dine.' Så jeg drakk, og hun vannet også kamelene.
- B1930
- Og hun skyndte sig og tok sin krukke ned og sa: Drikk, og jeg vil også la dine kameler få drikke. Så drakk jeg, og hun lot også kamelene få drikke.
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Genesis 24:18–19
“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
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