Genesis 24
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Genesis 24:42-45

42“So 1I came today to the spring, and said, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I have been going 2successful; 43behold, 3I am standing by the 4spring, and may it be that the 5young unmarried woman who comes out to draw water, and to whom I say, “6Please let me drink a little water from your jar”; 44and she says to me, “You drink, and I will draw for your camels also”--let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.’

45“Before I had finished 7speaking in my heart, behold, 8Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew water, and 9I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 24:42 Gen 24:11, 12 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 24:42 Neh 1:11 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 24:43 Gen 24:13 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 24:43 Lit fountain of water ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 24:43 Or virgin ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 24:43 Gen 24:14 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 24:45 1 Sam 1:13 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 24:45 Gen 24:15 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 24:45 Gen 24:17 ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 24

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