Genesis 24:19

And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

In Context

18And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink.

20And after putting the water from her vessel into the animals' drinking-place, she went quickly back to the spring and got water for all the camels.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:14Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.

1 Peter 4:9Keep open house for all with a glad heart;

Matthew Henry on Genesis 24:11-29

Journey of Abraham's Servant. ( b. c. 1857.) 10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. 12 And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.… Read the whole commentary →

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