Genesis 24:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.””
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“So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the servant runneth to meet her, and saith, `Let me swallow, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 24:17 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 26:1Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
- 1 Kings 17:10So 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.”
- Isaiah 21:14Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
- Isaiah 30:25And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
- Isaiah 35:6Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
- Isaiah 41:17The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
- Isaiah 49:10They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
- John 4:7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
- John 4:9“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
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