behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes out to draw, to whom I will say, “Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,”
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behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes out to draw, to whom I will say, “Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,”
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Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
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behold, I stand by the fountain of water; and let it come to pass, that the maiden that cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say: Give me, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher to drink;
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Passages linked to Genesis 24:43 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 24:13-14 Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ then she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,’—let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 24:43 Behold, I stand by the well of…
Gen 24:43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw [water], and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
Ver. 43. Behold, I stand by the well.] But at a distance, as {See Trapp on "Gen 24:17"} See also {See Trapp on "Gen 24:20"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the…
And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord,.... See Gill on Gen 24:26.
And blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. See Gill on Gen 24:27.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 43. When the virgin] העלמה haalmah, from עלם…
Verse 43. When the virgin] העלמה haalmah, from עלם alam, to hide, cover, or conceal; a pure virgin, a woman not uncovered, and in this respect still concealed from man. The same as בתולה bethulah, Ge 24:16, which, from the explanation there given, incontestably means a virgin in the proper sense of the word-a young woman, not that is covered or kept at home, the common gloss, but who was not uncovered in the delicate sense in which the Scripture uses this word. See this interpretation vindicated on Isa 7:14. See Clarke on Isa 7:14.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (43) The virgin.—Not the word used in Gen_24:16, nor…
(43) The virgin.—Not the word used in Gen_24:16, nor that rendered damsel there and in Gen_24:14, but almah, a young woman just ripening for marriage. It is applied to Miriam in Exo_2:8, where it is rendered maid, and to the mother of the Immanuel in Isa_7:14.
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