Genesis 24:17
Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a little drink of water from your pitcher.”
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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
Cross References
1 Kings 17:10So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city a widow was there gathering sticks. So he called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a jar so that I may drink.”
Isaiah 30:25On every high mountain and on every high hill, there will be flowing brooks and streams of waters, 1 in the day of the great slaughter when the towers fall. 1
Isaiah 41:17The oppressed and needy look for water, but there is none, and their tongues are parched for thirst; 1 I, Yahweh, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. 1
John 4:7A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me some water 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 →