Genesis 24:11

As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.

12“O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:13Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

Genesis 33:13But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.

1 Samuel 9:11And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”

John 4:7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a 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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