Genesis 24:17
And the eved hurried to meet her, and said, Let me, now, drink a little mayim of thy jug.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
18And she said, Drink, adoni: and she hasted, and let down her jug upon her yad, and gave him drink.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:10So he arose and went to Tzarphat. And when he came to the gate of the ir, hinei, the isha almanah was there gathering sticks; and he called to her, and said, Bring me a little mayim in a vessel, that I may drink.
Isaiah 30:25And there shall be upon every high har, and upon every soaring hill, springs and streams of mayim in the day of the great slaughter, when the migdalim (towers) fall.
Isaiah 41:17When the aniyim and evyonim seek mayim, and there is none, 1 and their leshon faileth for tzama (thirst), 1 I Hashem will hear them, 1 I the Elohei Yisroel will not forsake them. 1
John 4:7An isha of Shomron comes to draw mayim. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says 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 →