11 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by (A)the well of water [a]when it was evening, (B)the time when women go out to draw water.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:11 Lit at time of evening

11 He had the camels kneel down near the well(A) outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.(B)

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Rebekah Is Chosen

15 And it came about, (A)before he had finished speaking, that behold, (B)Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of (C)Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor, came out with her jar on her shoulder.

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15 Before he had finished praying,(A) Rebekah(B) came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel(C) son of Milkah,(D) who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.(E)

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But they said, “We cannot, until all the flocks are gathered, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep.”

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

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“We can’t,” they replied, “until all the flocks are gathered and the stone(A) has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water(B) the sheep.”

While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep,(C) for she was a shepherd.

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16 Now (A)the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and (B)they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

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16 Now a priest of Midian(A) had seven daughters, and they came to draw water(B) and fill the troughs(C) to water their father’s flock.

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