Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The servant hurried to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.” New Living Translation Running over to her, the servant said, “Please give me a little drink of water from your jug.” English Standard Version Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water to drink from your jar.” Berean Standard Bible So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.” King James Bible And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. New King James Version And the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher.” New American Standard Bible Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.” NASB 1995 Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.” NASB 1977 Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.” Legacy Standard Bible Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water to drink from your jar.” Amplified Bible Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.” Christian Standard Bible Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jug.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jug.” American Standard Version And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the Servant ran to meet her and he said to her, “Let me drink a little water from your cruse.” Brenton Septuagint Translation And the servant ran up to meet her, and said, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher; Contemporary English Version Abraham's servant ran to her and said, "Please let me have a drink of water." Douay-Rheims Bible And the servant ran to meet her, and said: Give me a little water to drink of thy pitcher. English Revised Version And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher. GOD'S WORD® Translation The servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a drink of water." Good News Translation The servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a drink of water from your jar." International Standard Version Then Abraham's servant ran to meet her and asked her, "Please, let me have a sip of water from your jug." JPS Tanakh 1917 And the servant ran to meet her, and said: 'Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher.' Literal Standard Version And the servant runs to meet her and says, “Please let me swallow a little water from your pitcher”; Majority Standard Bible So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.” New American Bible the servant ran toward her and said, “Please give me a sip of water from your jug.” NET Bible Abraham's servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a sip of water from your jug." New Revised Standard Version Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me sip a little water from your jar.” New Heart English Bible The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher." Webster's Bible Translation And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water from thy pitcher. World English Bible The servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher.” Young's Literal Translation And the servant runneth to meet her, and saith, 'Let me swallow, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher;' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Rebekah is Chosen…16Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again. 17So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.” 18“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.… Cross References John 4:7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." Genesis 24:45 And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.' 1 Kings 17:10 So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, "Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink." Treasury of Scripture And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray you, drink a little water of your pitcher. Let. 1 Kings 17:10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. John 4:7,9 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink… water of. Genesis 26:1-35 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar… Isaiah 21:14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. Isaiah 30:25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. Jump to Previous Drink Hurried Jar Little Meet Pitcher Please Ran Runneth Running Servant Swallow Vessel WaterJump to Next Drink Hurried Jar Little Meet Pitcher Please Ran Runneth Running Servant Swallow Vessel WaterGenesis 24 1. Abraham swears his servant.10. The servant's journey. 12. His prayer. 14. His sign. 15. Rebekah meets him; 18. fulfils his sign; 22. receives jewels; 23. shows her kindred; 25. and invites him home. 26. The servant blesses God. 29. Laban entertains him. 34. The servant shows his message. 50. Laban and Bethuel approve it. 58. Rebekah consents to go, and departs. 62. Isaac meets and marries her. Verses 17-19. - And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher (a request which was at once complied with). And she said, Drink (and with the utmost politeness), my lord (and with cheerful animation): and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. "Rebekah's address to the servant will be given you in the exact idiom by the first gentle Rebekah you ask water from; but I have never found any young lady so generous as this fair daughter of Bethuel" ('Thomson, Land and Book,' p. 592). And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking - thus proving that the kindly disposition within her bosom was "not simply the reflex of national customs, but the invisible sun beaming through her mind, and freely bringing forward the blossoms of sterling goodness" (Kalisch). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So the servantהָעֶ֖בֶד (hā·‘e·ḇeḏ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant ran וַיָּ֥רָץ (way·yā·rāṣ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7323: To run to meet her לִקְרָאתָ֑הּ (liq·rā·ṯāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 7125: Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way and said, וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Please נָ֛א (nā) Interjection Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then' let me have הַגְמִיאִ֥ינִי (haḡ·mî·’î·nî) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular | first person common singular Strong's 1572: To swallow (liquids) a little מְעַט־ (mə·‘aṭ-) Adjective - masculine singular construct Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few water מַ֖יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen from your jar.” מִכַּדֵּֽךְ׃ (mik·kad·dêḵ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 3537: A pail, earthenware, a jar Links Genesis 24:17 NIVGenesis 24:17 NLT Genesis 24:17 ESV Genesis 24:17 NASB Genesis 24:17 KJV Genesis 24:17 BibleApps.com Genesis 24:17 Biblia Paralela Genesis 24:17 Chinese Bible Genesis 24:17 French Bible Genesis 24:17 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 24:17 The servant ran to meet her (Gen. 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