11 And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when (A)women go out to draw water.

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11 As they went up the hill to the city, (A)they met young women coming out to draw water and said to them, “Is the seer here?”

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A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, (A)“Give me a drink.”

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16 Now the (A)priest of Midian had seven daughters, and (B)they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

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10 (A)Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast,
    but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

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13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and that the nursing flocks and herds are a care to me. If they are driven hard for one day, all the flocks will die. 14 Let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will lead on slowly, at the pace of the livestock that are ahead of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord (A)in Seir.”

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13 Behold, (A)I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. 14 Let the young woman to whom I shall say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who shall say, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels’—let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. (B)By this[a] I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.”

15 Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of (C)Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder. 16 The young woman (D)was very attractive in appearance, a maiden[b] whom no man had known. She went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up. 17 Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water to drink from your jar.” 18 She said, “Drink, my lord.” And she quickly let down her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink. 19 When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” 20 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water, and she drew for all his camels.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:14 Or By her
  2. Genesis 24:16 Or a woman of marriageable age

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