Genesis 24:17

And the servant ran to meet her, and said: Give me a little water to drink of thy pitcher.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

In Context

16An exceedingly comely maid, and a most beautiful virgin, and not known to man: and she went down to the spring, and filled her pitcher and was coming back.

18And she answered: Drink, my lord. And quickly she let down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him drink.

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Cross References

1 Kings 17:10He arose, and went to Sarephta. And when he was come to the gate of the city, he saw the widow woman gathering sticks, and he called her, and said to her: Give me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

Isaiah 30:25And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every elevated hill rivers of running waters in the day of the slaughter of many, when the tower shall fall.

Isaiah 41:17The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

John 4:7There cometh a woman of Samaria, to draw water. Jesus saith to her: Give me to drink.

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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