Genesis 24:14

And let it come to pass, that the na'arah to whom I shall say, Let down thy jug, now, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy gemalim drink also; let the same be she that Thou hast appointed for Thy eved Yitzchak; and thereby shall I know that Thou hast showed chesed unto adoni.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

In Context

13Hinei, I stand here by the ayin hamayim; and the banot anshei haIr come out to draw mayim;

15And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, hinei, Rivkah came out, who was born to Betuel Ben Milcah, eshet Nachor, achi Avraham, with her jug upon her shoulder.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:8And he said, Adonoi Hashem, how can I have da'as that I will be its yoresh?

Genesis 24:44And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy gemalim; let the same be the isha whom Hashem hath appointed for ben adoni.

Judges 6:17And he said unto Him, If now I have found chen in Thy sight, then show me an ot that Thou speakest with me.

Judges 7:13And when Gid'on arrived, hinei, there was an ish that told a chalom unto his re'a, and said, Hinei, I dreamed a chalom, and, hinei, a round loaf of lechem se'orim tumbled into the Machaneh Midyan, and came unto an ohel, and struck it that it fell, and overturned it, that the ohel collapsed.

1 Samuel 6:7Now therefore make an agalah chadashah (new cart, wagon), and take two milch + 6:7 milk-yielding cows, + 6:7 i.e., nursing cows on which there hath come no ol (yoke), and hitch the cows to the agalah, and take their calves home, away from them;

1 Samuel 14:8Then said Yonatan, Hinei, we will pass over unto these anashim, and we will show ourselves unto them.

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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