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Genesis 24:13-20

13 See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

14 May it be that when I say to a girl, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’—let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”

15 Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

16 The girl was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever lain with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.

17 The servant hurried to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.”

18 “Drink, my lord,” she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

19 After she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have finished drinking.”

20 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.

Cross References for Genesis 24:13-20

Genesis 24:11 - He had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was toward evening, the time th... Click to read the verse Genesis 24:11 Click to read the verse Genesis 24:11

John 4:7 - When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” Click to read the verse John 4:7 Click to read the verse John 4:7

1 Samuel 9:11 - As they were going up the hill to the town, they met some girls coming out to draw water, and t... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 9:11 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 9:11

Exodus 2:16 - Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to... Click to read the verse Exodus 2:16 Click to read the verse Exodus 2:16

Proverbs 3:6 - in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Click to read the verse Proverbs 3:6 Click to read the verse Proverbs 3:6

Psalms 37:5 - Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: Click to read the verse Psalms 37:5 Click to read the verse Psalms 37:5

Judges 5:11 - the voice of the singers at the watering places. They recite the righteous acts of the Lord, th... Click to read the verse Judges 5:11 Click to read the verse Judges 5:11

Genesis 24:43 - See, I am standing beside this spring; if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, “P... Click to read the verse Genesis 24:43 Click to read the verse Genesis 24:43

Genesis 29:9-10 - While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shephe... Click to read the verse Genesis 29:9-10 Click to read the verse Genesis 29:9-10

Genesis 29:2 - There he saw a well in the field, with three flocks of sheep lying near it because the flocks w... Click to read the verse Genesis 29:2 Click to read the verse Genesis 29:2