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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BSBPD

“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)
KJVPD

“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
ASVPD

“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
YLTPD

“(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 Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 24:43 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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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