Genesis 24:43
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Here 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,’”
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“Here 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,’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;”
King James Version · Public Domain“behold, I am standing by the fountain of water; and let it come to pass, that the maiden that cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher to drink;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“(lo, I am standing by the fountain of water), then the virgin who is coming out to draw, and I have said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 24:43 — 1 related verse 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.
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