Genesis 24
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Genesis 24:10-20

10Then the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and went out with a variety of 1good things of his master’s in his hand; so he set out and went to 2Mesopotamia, to 3the city of Nahor. 11He made the camels kneel down outside the city by 4the well of water 5when it was evening, 6the time when women go out to draw water. 12And he said, “7Lord, God of my master Abraham, please 89grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. 13Behold, 10I am standing by the 11spring, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water; 14now may it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar so that I may drink,’ and 12who answers, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels also’--may she be the one whom You have appointed for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

15And it came about, 13before he had finished speaking, that behold, 14Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of 15Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor, came out with her jar on her shoulder. 16The young woman was 16very beautiful, a virgin; no man had 17had relations with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up. 17Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “18Please let me drink a little water from your jar.” 18And 19she said, “Drink, my lord”; then she quickly lowered her jar to her hand, and gave him a drink. 19Now when she had finished giving him a drink, 20she said, “I will also draw water for your camels until they have finished drinking.” 20So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran back to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 24:10 Gen 24:22, 53 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 24:10 Heb Aram-naharaim, Aram of the two rivers ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 24:10 Gen 11:31, 32 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 24:11 Gen 24:42 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 24:11 Lit at time of evening ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 24:11 Ex 2:16; 1 Sam 9:11 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 24:12 Gen 24:27, 42, 48; 26:24; Ex 3:6, 15 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 24:12 Lit cause to occur for me ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 24:12 Gen 27:20 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 24:13 Gen 24:43 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 24:13 Lit fountain of water ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 24:14 Lit she will say ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 24:15 Gen 24:45 ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 24:15 Gen 22:20, 23 ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 24:15 Gen 11:29 ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 24:16 Gen 12:11; 26:7; 29:17 ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 24:16 Lit known her ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 24:17 John 4:7 ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 24:18 Gen 24:14, 46 ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 24:19 Gen 24:14 ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 24

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