Genesis 24:17
The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher."
New Heart English 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
18She said, "Drink, my lord." She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:10So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, "Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink."
Isaiah 30:25There shall be brooks and streams of water on every lofty mountain and on every high hill in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Isaiah 41:17The poor and needy seek water, and there is none.Their tongue fails for thirst.I, the Lord, will answer them.I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
John 4:7A woman of Samaria 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 →