Genesis 24:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.”
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“Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:”
King James Version · Public Domain“Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water; and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“lo, I am standing by the fountain of water, and daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 24:13 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 24:11As 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.
- Genesis 24:43Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
- Genesis 29:9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
- 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.
- Judges 5:11the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
- 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?”
- Psalms 37:5Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
- Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- John 4:7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
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