Genesis 24:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.”
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“As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he causeth the camels to kneel at the outside of the city, at the well of water, at even-time, at the time of the coming out of the women who draw water.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 24:11 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 24:13Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
- Genesis 29:2He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
- Genesis 33:13But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
- Exodus 2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
- 1 Samuel 9:11And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
- Proverbs 12:10A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
- John 4:7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
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